Valentine LAWLER MM

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Service Number:	1843
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Field Ambulance
Born:	Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 17 September 1887
Home Town:	Harden, New South Wales
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Natural causes, Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1965, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales Vaughan Lawn, Row 27, Plot 49.

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12 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1843, 2nd Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
12 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1843, 2nd Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1843, 2nd Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1843, 2nd Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance
20 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Field Ambulance
17 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), For very fine work and devotion to duty near Bullecourt, while acting as a stretcher-bearer, on the day and night of 13th May 1917, his cheerfulness and coolness under heavy shell fire set a fine example to his own and other bearer squads. He made repeated trips from the Regimental Aid Post to the Advanced Collecting Station, through a very heavy barrage, and each time returned at the head of his squad carrying the stretcher on his shoulder. His conduct under trying conditions cannot be too highly commended.
6 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1843, 15th Field Ambulance

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