Lawrence CROSS

CROSS, Lawrence

    Service Number: 2801
    Enlisted: 6 November 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 25th Machine Gun Company
    Born: Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 20 February 1895
    Home Town: Kingaroy, South Burnett, Queensland
    Schooling: Kingaroy State School, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
    Plot XXXIII, Row D, Grave No. 9
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingaroy RSL Roll of Honour, Kingaroy Stone of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2801, 41st Infantry Battalion
    23 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2801, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    23 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2801, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
    17 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Lawrence Cross had only been in Belgium a few weeks with the 25th Machine Gun Company when he was killed by a shell. The same shell reportedly killed three other men of the unit.

    His older brother, 4383 Pte. John Cross 26th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Pozieres on the 29 July 1916, aged 23. 

    They were the sons of John and Sarah Cross, of Kingaroy, Queensland.

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