Michael Joseph McLAUGHLIN

Regimental number23/1755
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary McLaughlin, Ayr Street, Oamaru
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 38 Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 16 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 32), Mericourt-l'Abbe, near Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Michael and Mary McLaughlin, Yare Street, Oamaru
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 15, p. 4