LAURIE, Alexander Thomas
| Service Number: | 1633 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stock-keeper |
| Died: | Natural causes, Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1954, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Wollombi & District Honor Roll, Wollombi Kilcoy Presbyterian Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1633, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1633, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 13 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 1633 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
It is believed that he died aged 60 in 1954 and was interred in Wauchope Cemetery, NSW-Presbyterian plot.
He was a Shoeing Smith in the 1st Australian Light Horse- 12th Reinforcement-Service Number 1633- in WWI.
His wife was Gladys-he was the son of Robert and Jane Laurie of Wallamumbi via Armidale, New South Wales. He was the grandson of Joseph Laurie of Laurieton and the great-grandson of the Patriarch, Joseph Laurie of Stobo in the Borders region of Scotland.
He enlisted 28 August 1915 and served in Egypt and Palestine.His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltanaon 9 November 1915 His brother, Trooper Robert Laurie who, as at August 2019, is not commemorated as war dead. He died 31st August 1918 and was buried at Armidale General Cemetery.
Alexander returned to Australia 13 March 1919.
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