Murray James LAWRENCE

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LAWRENCE, Murray James

Service Number:	14527
Enlisted:	6 March 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Field Company Engineers
Born:	Mannum, South Australia, Australia, September 1884
Home Town:	Mannum, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	12 May 1952, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mannum Cemetery, S.A.
Memorials:	Mannum District Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

6 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14527, 2nd Depot Battalion
11 Jul 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 14527, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
11 Jul 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 14527, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 14527

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Biography contributed by Modbury High School

Murray James Lawrence was born into a Baptist household in September of 1884 in Mannum South Australia, to his mother, Mary Lawrence, and his father. He was 5’11, with brown hair and blue eyes, and worked as a carpenter before the war.

On the 6th of March 1916, when he was 31, he was enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia. During this time, he was transferred between different units and was hospitalized on the 2nd of September 1916, until the 25th of September 1916. Murray James Lawrence was returned to Mannum on the 12th of June 1919.

Murray James Lawrence died at the age of 67 and was laid to rest at the Mannum District Cemetery in his hometown.

References

“L/CPL Murray James Lawrence (1884-1952) -...” 2019. Findagrave.com. 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202505930/murray-james-lawrence.

“Unit Details.” 2025. Adfa.edu.au. 2025. https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showUnit?unitCode=ENG.JUL16R.

Naa.gov.au. 2015. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx.

“Australian Soldiers, Memorials and Military History.” 2025. Vwma.org.au. 2025. https://vwma.org.au/explore/projects/186243/edit?wizard-page-index=1.

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