Lawrence Lambert LOVICK

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LOVICK, Lawrence Lambert

Service Number:	3838
Enlisted:	14 August 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Macclesfield, January 1895
Home Town:	Strathalbyn, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Drapers Assistant
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 26 May 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery X111.E.6, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Strathalbyn Christ Church Honour Board, Strathalbyn Christ Church Private Lovick Memorial Plaque, Strathalbyn District Roll of Honor WW1, Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board, Strathalbyn War Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3838, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3838, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 3838, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Mary CAMERON LOVICK, Strathalbyn, SA

Born in Macclesfield, Lawrence was a 21 year old Draper’s Assistant when he enlisted on 14 August 1916. His parents were Mr J. L. Lovick and Mrs Mary Lovick of Strathalbyn. He saw action in France from March 1917 but was hospitalised in June suffering from Gas poisoning. Returning again to the field, he died from wounds received on 26 May 1918. At first he was buried at the Vaux-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery but later his remains were exhumed and re-interred at the Villers Brettoneux Military Cemetery.

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