James Edward LAUGHER

LAUGHER, James Edward

    Service Number: 786
    Enlisted: 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Jarrahdale, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Hobart, Tasmania, 1887
    Home Town: Jarrahdale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia
    Schooling: Collies Vale State School, Tasmania
    Occupation: Mill Hand
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial Panel 55
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jarrahdale Roll Of Honor WW1, Jarrahdale War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 786, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Jarrahdale, WA
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 786, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 786, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Jarrahdale, WA

    Son of Alfred and Sarah Laugher of 'Bismark', Prince of Wales Bay, Moonah, Tasmania formerly of Collins Vale, Tasmania. Brother of William Laugher who died on 8 January 1918 from injuries received when a mortar ran over him while serving with the 13th Field Ambulance and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, Plot 1V, Row C, Grave 37

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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