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LAIDLAW, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1401 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rutherglen, Vic., 1891 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1401, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1401, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1401, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private Jack Laldlaw (killed) was a son of Mr. R. Laidlaw, late of Rutherglen, Vic., and now of Boolaroo, and was 21 years of age. He was employed on the electric motors in the Great Southern Gold Mine, Rutherglen, at the time of enllstment. He took part in the first landing at Gallipoli, and after a month's fighting was wounded In the shoulder and leg with shrapnel, but he was soon back again in the trenches, where he remained till early in August. A brother (Bob) and an uncle of the deceased are at the front.
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