Regimental number | 8/3668 |
True Name | LAURIE |
Occupation | Sawmill hand |
Next of kin | Father, J.M. Lawrie, Taihaka |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Brewery Orchard Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave 10), Bois-Grenier, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Mabin Laurie & Jane Gilchrist Laurie (nee Brown), Tihaka |
Other details | Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 30 |
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