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David Hamilton LAWRENCE

Regimental number3220
Place of birthLostock, New South Wales
Place of birthLostock, Gresford, New South Wales
SchoolLostock Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLostock, Gresford, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amelia Lawrence, Lostock, Gresford, New South Wales
Previous military serviceMember of Australian Light Horse.
Enlistment date20 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name54th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/71/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Salisbury Hospital from Menigitis.
FateDied of disease 17 February 1917
Date of death17 February 1917
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialStratford-Sub-Castle (St. Lawrence) Churchyard (Grave No. 120), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Amelia LAWRENCE. Died of cerebro-spinal meningitis
Other detailsMedal: British War Medal

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