LAWS, George Nixon
| Service Number: | 2179 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ovingham, Northumberland, England, 11 November 1878 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1961, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Monumental 6-10-57 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2179, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2179, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2179, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George LAWS and Annie Ruth LAWS nee CATCHESIDE
Husband of Catherine Ethel LAWS nee BROTHRTON
NOK - Sister, Mrs. H. Hall, Roseworth Cottage, Throckley, Northumberland, England
Lance Corporal George Laws, served with the South African Constabulary during the Boer War. He later emigrated to Queensland and served with the 5th Battalion A.I.F. on Gallipoli, later becoming a ‘gas attack’ casualty at Passchendaele. Queen’s South Africa Medal with 5 clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902, named 370 TPR G.N. LAWS. S.A.C.; 1914 – 15 Star named 2178 PTE G.N. LAWS. 5/BN A.I.F.; British War and Victory Medals named 2179 L/CPL G.N. LAWS. 5 BN A.I.F.
Lance Corporal George Nixon Laws was born in Newcastle, Northumberland, England on 11/11/1878. A labourer by trade, he enlisted into the South Africa Constabulary in Newcastle, England on 10/2/1901. Originally assigned as a 3rd class trooper to 2nd Troop, he was posted to 20th Troop on 1/2/1902 and finally to ‘B’ Mobile Troop a year later in 1903. He purchased his discharge on 15/3/1903. He emigrated to Queensland, Australia pre-1913 and during the Great War enlisted into the 6th Reinforcements 5th Battalion on 15/3/1915 in Melbourne. He marched into the 5th Battalion on Gallipoli on 5/8/1915 and served near Lone Pine and Quinn’s Post. He survived uninjured and withdrew with the Battalion on 18/12/1915. The Battalion deployed to France on 30/3/1916 and were in action by April near Flers and then Pozieres. Gassed at Ypres (Passchendaele) on 7/11/1917 he was evacuated to England returning to Australia on 22/3/1919 for a medical discharge 20/5/1919. He died in Queensland in 1961. His son Sergeant William Laws (R.A.A.F.) was killed on 24/11/1941, when his aircraft crashed at Evans Head during a training flight. He is buried in Sarina Cemetery, Queensland.
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