LAVARACK, Kenneth Wallace
| Service Number: | 21248 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Selector |
| Died: | 10 June 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21248, 9th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 21248, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 21248, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Military Medal
'This man was out with the Signaller N.C.O., and from 3.50 a.m. until 8.30 a.m. on the morning of 24th April, 1918, during the heavy bombardment, he patrolled the telephone line running from the Battery position near MERICOURT l'ABBE to Brigade Headquarters. The shelling was very heavy along this line, and a large number of gas shell falling, and he had to carry on for a long time with his gas mask on. He persisted with this line until it became so badly cut and so many portions blown away that he could do no more with it. He then returned to the Battery, and proceeded with the work of maintaining lateral lines to other Batteries.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918
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