Harold Thomas LAWRENCE

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LAWRENCE, Harold Thomas

Service Number:	4079
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1887
Home Town:	Brookton, Brookton, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Mary's High School, England
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Morlancourt, France, 30 July 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookton District War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4079, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
28 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 4079, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
28 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 4079, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 26 years. Address at the time of enlistment was C/- G Sandcock of East Brookton, WA

Son of William Thomas Lawrence and Alice Lawrence of 54 Dalmore Road, Duwich, London, England; brother of Alice Elizabeth Grace Lawrence

Medals: British War Medals, Victory Medal

Also served for 5 years with the Territorials London Rifle Brigade

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