WHITTAKER, Lawrence Beauregarde
| Service Number: | 2034 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dowlingville, South Australia, Australia, 25 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Dowlingville, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 August 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cabin Hill Cemetery, Belgium Cabin Hill Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Ardrossan & District WW1 Honor Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dowlingville Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2034, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2034, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2034, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 11 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2034, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2034 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-08-11 |
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Whittaker was on born on January 25, 1893 as a brother to 7 siblings and son of John Thomas Whittaker and Sarah Ann Headland. He and his family lived in a small South Australian town called Dowlingville where he was born and raised. He was also the nephew of Sergeant T. Shanks of Kadina, South Australia.
At the age of 21, Whittaker enlisted to serve in the Australian Imperial Force and in 1914, alongside his cousin R.R Shanks, he left his hometown to fight in France.
His unit was the 48th Australian Infantry Battalion and over the 3 years he was at war he achieved a final rank as Lance Corporal. Whittaker fought in Belgium as well as France over his war service and unfortunately died there on August 11 1917. His parents received a cable on Saturday, September 1 to inform them of his death. He was killed in action, presumably in the Battle of Ypres as its known that at the time of his death he was involved in the Third Ypres.
To this day Whittaker is commemorated on the Roll of Honour board in the Adelaide National War Memorial as seen the layout below. He was buried in Cabin Hill Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium where he is believed to still remain. Whittaker died at the age of 24, leaving money for the Y.M.C.A as a thank you for their help in the war. Lawrence Beauregard Whittaker's name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory on Thursday September 28 2017 and Monday November 27 2017, in honour of his memory.
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