Adolph Nissen LAUMAN

LAUMAN, Adolph Nissen

    Service Number: 2962A
    Enlisted: 7 January 1916, Place of Enlistment - Laidley, Queensland
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1887
    Home Town: Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: 10 July 1956, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
    Columbarium 12, Section 18
    Memorials: Laidley Memorial Park Gates
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2962A, Place of Enlistment - Laidley, Queensland
    14 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2962A, 31st Infantry Battalion,
    • 11th Depot Bn from 14th Jan to 9th Feb 1916
    • 1st Rfts, 42nd Bn from 22nd Feb to 3rd Apr 1916
    • ‘A’ Coy, 36th Bn from 10th Feb to 21st Feb 1916
    • To 6th Rfts, 31st Bn on 4th Apr 1916
    • Embarked at Sydney, NSW, on HMAT A40 "Ceramic", 14th April 1916
    • Disembarked at Port Said on 16th May 1916
    • Embarked on HMT ‘Franconia’ at Alexandria on 6th Jun 1916
    • Disembarked at Plymouth on 16th Jun 1916
    • Embarked for overseas from 8th Trng Bn, on 5th Sep 1916
    • Marched in to 5th ADBD, Etaples, on 6th Sep 1916
    • Proceeded to join unit on 19th Sep 1916
    • Taken on strength 31st Bn, on 23rd Sep 1916
    • To hospital sick on 7th Dec 1916
    • Admitted to 36th CCS (influenza) on 7th Dec 1916
    • To Amb Train on 8th Dec 1916
    • Admitted 5th General Hospital, Rouen, on 9th Dec 1916
    • Transferred to No 2 Conval Camp, Rouen, on 18th Dec 1916
    • Class ‘A’ and to Base Depot, on 27th Dec 1916
    • To 55th Inf Base Depot, Rouen, on 28th Dec 1916
    • Marched in to 5th ADBD, Etaples, from No 2 Conval Depot, on 29th Dec 1916
    • Marched out to unit from 5th ADBD, Etaples, on 4th Jan 1917
    • Rejoined Bn ex sick on 7th Jan 1917
    • Appointed Driver (vice Johnson reverted to Pte) on 11th Jun 1917
    • To UK on leave on 20th Sep 1917
    • Returned from leave on 2nd Oct 1917
    • Jul 1918 War Diary, while carting Gas Cylinders to the front line Z. Special Coy. R.E. “No. 2962 Dvr. Lauman A.N. having arrived near the front line and it not being daring enough to proceed “He halted in a sunken road.” The Boche started to shell us. With my off side horse being wounded in the neck, the team started to bolt but were stopped by a steep bank which they could not get up. If the shell had been a few yards closer, all the 18 Limbers and horses would have been smothered with our own deadly gas.”
    • With unit on 5th Sep 1918
    • To UK on leave on 18th Oct 1918
    • Rejoined unit ex leave on 5th Nov 1918
    • To Base Depot from 8th Bde Bn, for RTA (No 76 Quota) on 2nd Apr 1919
    • Embarked for England from AIBD, Le Havre, (1916 Personnel for RTA) on 9th Apr 1919
    • Disembarked at Southampton and marched in to No 2 Comm Depot, Weymouth, on 10th Apr 1919
    22 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 2962A, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Durham Castle for return to Australia on 22nd May 1919 from Liverpool England, disembarking Melbourne for Brisbane on 21st July 1919.
    6 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2962A, 31st Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed

    Son of Christian Nissen and Annie Kristinas Lauman.  Brother of Waldemar Nissen Lauman.

    Married Florence Elizabeth Hacker in Queensland on 24th Jan 1920, Sons: Ronald Keith Lauman, Donald Keith Lauman

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