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Peter Frederick LAURIE

Regimental number31420
Place of birthFootscray, Victoria
SchoolFootscray State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address31 Droop Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, P Laurie, 31 Droop Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 12, Reinforcement 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/39/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 13 September 1917
Place of death or woundingDickebusch, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialGodewaersvelde British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 29), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Jane LAURIE, 10 Halstead Street, Caulfield, Victoria. Native of Footscray, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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