WESTERGAARD, Laurence Clement
| Service Number: | 3006 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milang, South Australia, 2 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | North Fremantle State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Perth, Western Australia, 1 December 1981, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Sect. Lawn B, Row 0113 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3006, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 8 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW (buttock) | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3006, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'Lance-Corporal LAURENCE WESTERGAARD.
Lance-Corporal Laurence Westergaard (3006), another brother of William Westergaard, was born in South Australia on the 2nd April, 1897, and was educated at North Fremantle. He was married on the 16th October, 1920, to Daisy Greaves, daughter of Emma and the late Henry Greaves. He enlisted on the 21st August, 1916, and embarked for England on the 9th November, 1916. He crossed to France on the 21st Feb., 1917, and was wounded at Wyschatte on the 7th August, 1918. He left France for England on the 4th April, 1919, and sailed for Australia on the 21st July, 1919.' from Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire.
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