PATZEL, Lawrence Ralph
| Service Number: | 6810 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 27 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds received during the raid on Celtic Wood on 9 October 1917, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row J, Grave No. 3A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Court Marian No 3316 AOF Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, Mount Gambier War Memorial, Yahl Memorial Hall Honour Board, Yahl WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6810, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6810, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6810, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6810, 10th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shrapnel wound abdomen | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6810, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_full_name: Patzel, Lawrence Ralph awm_place_of_association: Mount Gambier awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 awm_place_died: Belgium awm_died_cause: Died of wounds awm_cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
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RAID ON CELTIC WOOD
6810 Private Laurence Ralph Patzel a farmer from Mount Gambier, South Australia was recorded on the Field Return as wounded on 8 October. His service record shows he was treated at 3rd Field Ambulance on 9 October with wounds to the abdomen and died at 17th Casualty Clearing Station on 12 October.
Since the Field Return date covers the period noon 8 October –noon 9 October and he was treated at 3rd Field Ambulance on 9 October it can be said with considerable certainty that he was wounded on the raid.
Laid to rest in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Information courtesy Robert Kearney
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