The AIF Project

Herbert Edwin LAWRY

Regimental number6341
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
Address76 Walker Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, Samson Lawry, 76 Walker Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date26 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe died the result of gunshot wounds in head at the Base Hospital St Kilda Rd.
FateReturned to Australia 21 April 1918
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialCoburg Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot C, No. 177), Victoria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samson and Bessie LAWRY. Native of Gisborne, Victoria

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.