Albert Kingston LAURIE MM

LAURIE, Albert Kingston

    Service Number: 2692
    Enlisted: 2 July 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Gloucester, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Durham College, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Killed in Action, Mont St Quentin, France, 31 August 1918
    Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
    Grave I. B. 25.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gloucester Presbyterian Church A K LAURIE Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2692, 18th Infantry Battalion
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2692, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2692, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    31 Aug 1918: Involvement Lance Corporal, 2692, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2692 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-31
    Date unknown: Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous bravery in the field at Bullecourt, France.

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 25 and the eldest son of Mr. J. N. and Mrs. E. A. Laurie, of “Stobo” , Rawdon Vale, New South Wales. Great grandson of Joseph Laurie of Stobo, Peebleshire, Scottish Borders. Joseph has been described as a patriarch-many of his descendants emigrated to Australia and many of them fell in the Great War.

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