LAWRENCE, Alfred Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 6849, W243716 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Youngs, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | 1988, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Bornholm Kronkup & District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6849, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6849, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 29 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, W243716 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred Lawrence was only 20 years of age when on the 18 September 1918 he led a section of the 16th Battalion in an attack on German lines at Le Verguier in France. His group captured six machine guns and 28 prisoners. He then rushed another post and captured the whole garrison. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
A Perth military historian quoted that Lawrence served with Lawrence Dominic McCarthy V.C. Alfred Frederick Lawrence DCM, had said to the historian: “That Fats McCarthy was a madman”.
Alfred served as Warrant Officer during WW2, the RSM of Melville Army Camp near Fremantle W.A. He was awarded another 3 medals including the Australia Efficiency Medal.
Alfred’s younger brother died fighting the Germans during WW2, WX13398 Private Clarence Cooper Lawrence, 2/43rd Battalion, of Perth, WA. A farmer in civilian life, he enlisted on 21 May 1941. Shortly after reaching the Alamein front, Clarence Cooper died of wounds received in action on 28 July 1942, aged 21. He is buried at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.