LAWSON, Arthur Walter Lacey
| Service Number: | 6587 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barossa Diggings, South Australia, 20 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Porter, South Australian Railways |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Framce, 8 August 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lenswood & Forest Range War Memorial, Lenswood Great War Roll of Honour, Lenswood WWI Honour Board, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor, The South Australian National War Memorial, Williamstown Mount Crawford Honour Roll, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6587, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 6587, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide |
Arthur Walter Lacey Lawson
Arthur Walter Lacey Lawson was born at the Barossa Diggings on the 20th April 1889. After working as a porter with the South Australian Railways he enlisted in the A.I.F 27th Battalion on the 30th September 1916, at the age of 27. He listed his next of kin as his wife, Johannah Louisa Lawson of Keswick
In England Lawson was hospitalised with bronchitis and influenza from the 15th to the 25th of April 1917, rejoining his unit in Belgium on the 3rd October 1917. Lawson was hospitalised with mumps from the 17th October to the 12th of November 1917. When he rejoined the 27th Battalion he was again hospitalised with bronchitis on the 31st May 1918 in Etaples and Trouville in France, prior to resuming duty with the 27th Battalion on the 27th July 1918.
Lawson was killed in action in France on the 8th August 1918. He was later reburied at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Submitted 10 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Arthur Walter Lacey LAWSON was born at the Barossa Goldfields diggings in 1889. His parents were James and Louisa (GANGELL) LAWSON. He married Johanne Louise LIEBELT at St Paul's Lutheran Church Hahndorf, 22 June 1912 and they had a son, Cyril Arthur LAWSON born 1913.
Arthur was employed as a porter with the South Australian Railways when he enlisted in Adelaide 1916. His next of kin was his wife who was residing at Keswick, Adelaide.
His biography was published in the Mt Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser, 23 August, 1918, page 3.
The article mentions his many Mt Barker friends and his membership of the Presbyterian Church where he was an elder and treasurer. He was a devoted husband and father according to his obituary.
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