Lawrence TAIT

TAIT, Lawrence

Service Number: 1670
Enlisted: 29 December 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Billsley, England, 1885
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Steward
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915
Cemetery: Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC
Row A, Grave 30 Rev. F.W. Wray officiated
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1670, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
19 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1670, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1670, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his sister Eugene Charlotte Allen nee Tait of 'Rotherwood', Kirribillii, North Sydney, NSW

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