PROVAN, Laud Rupert Somerville
| Service Number: | 4134 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 2 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Berwick Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Vaulx-Vraucourt, France, 18 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery Grave I. K. 25. Inscription: We retain the memory of a man unspoiled, sweet, generous & humane |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4134, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4134, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4134, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 18 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4134, 30th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4134 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-18 |
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Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) incorrectly records Christian name as LAND rather than LAUD
"...4134 Cpl. Laud Rupert Somerville Provan, 30th Battalion. A native of Malvern, Vic, he worked as an accountant prior to enlistment. While training in Australia he attended schools of instruction in musketry and bombing, qualifying for the rank of Sergeant in March 1916. Sgt Provan embarked with the 10th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic on 7 October 1916. Later reverting to the rank of Corporal, he was killed in action in France on 18 May 1917, aged 24, and was buried at Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France. Corporal Provan was one of four brothers to enlist during the First World War. All three other brothers, 33090 Gunner Aubrey Dundas Somerville Provan; 17230 Driver Vivian William Somerville Provan and 4135 Private Roy Evelyn Percival Somerville Provan, survived the war.." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
He was 24 at the time of his death. His parents were William Somerville Provan and Ada Victoria Provan, of "St. Neots," Alpha Rd., Willoughby, New South Wales.
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