LAWRANCE, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 6346 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blackwood, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1873 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Peterborough, South Australia, 26 June 1926, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peterborough Cemetery, SA Catholic 2, Plot 155 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 6346, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6346, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6346, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 6346, 28th Infantry Battalion |
His Family
Son of James Lawrance (1850 Eng –? Vic, Aust) and Mary Welsh Walsh (1850 Eng–1879 Aust);
Marriage Registration Place in 1869 Victoria, Australia Spouse: Reference Number: 596: and 4 children in Victoria:
William Thomas Lawrance =Birth 1 JUNE 1873 • Blackwood, Victoria, Australia
and Marriage ref 1915 to Vera Cecil SHAH ; and death 26 MAY 1926 ; Peterborough South Australia, Australia.
Margaret J Lawrance
1875–1950; she married and children and pioneers of WA, near New Norcia, farming.
Peter Lawrance
1878–1916 Death 21 FEB 1916 and buried at sea, England
Kate Catherine Lawrance
1879–1915
John Henry Lawrance
1879–
Submitted 25 December 2024 by Les Westerlund
Biography contributed by Paul Lemar
William Thomas LAWRANCE was born in Blackwood, Victoria to James LAWRANCE 1850 – 1913 and Mary Welsh Walsh LAWRANCE 1850 - 1879.
Military
William joined the AIF on 3rd September 1916 in Kalgoorlie Western Australia. He was assigned to 18/28th Battalion and embarked at Fremantle WA on HMAT Persic A34 on 29.12.1916. He was 43 Years old.
He fought in France and Belgium with 28th Battalion.
He was wounded in August of 1918, suffering a Gunshot wound to the left thigh that he received near Warneton, Belgium. He was admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, England on 15.08.1918. He also had the disability of Rheumatism, suffering this from Dec 1917.
He returned on HMAT “Bakara” from Devonport on 22.12.1918 and arrived back in Australia on 05.02.1919 where, because of his age and disability he was declared unfit for General Service but fit for Home Service on 17.12.1919. He was eventually discharged on 11.04.1919.
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