Laurence Patrick DONOHUE

Regimental number3/2631
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ann Donohue, Norman's Road, Papanui, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 30 December 1916
The Medical Corps component of the 20th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 72 'Athenic' and HMNZT 73 'Opawa'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLonguenesse Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 59), St Omer, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martin and Annie Donohue
Family/military connectionsBrother: 35195 Pte Leo Gilbert DONOHUE, 3rd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 3 December 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 21

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