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LAUREN, Karl Walter Wilhelm
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4888 |
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Enlisted: | 18 May 1917 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Abo, Turko, Finland, 24 April 1878 |
Home Town: | Kangaroo Flat, Light, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 July 1918, aged 40 years |
Cemetery: |
St Pierre Cemetery Plot XIII, Row F, Grave 4, |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4888, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 4888, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 4888, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Karl Walter Wilhelm LAUREN was born on 24th April, 1878 in Abo , Turko, Finland
His fathers name is unknown & his mother was Emilia Johanna FROST
He served in WW1 for Australia as a Russian subject