Laurence HYLAND

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Service Number:	915
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St Joseph's Catholic School, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Ship's Steward
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Special Memorial 8. Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM O LORD , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 915, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 915, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 915, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Address at the time of enlistment was 10 Nimrod Street, Darlinghurst, NSW

Son of Lawrence Hyland and Margaret Hyland nee Miskell of 27 Elizabeth Street, South Yarra, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Boer War