LAURENSON, Lawrence Leslie
(Service number 26748)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 23/08/1896 | Place of Birth | Pleasant Point |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Pleasant Point | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | Laurence LAURENSON (father), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 March 1925 | Age | 29 years |
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| Place of Death | Temuka | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Lawrence Leslie Laurenson was born on 23 August 1896 at Pleasant Point, the son of Laurence and Mary Ann (née Kee) Laurenson. He married Dorothy May Burns on 6 April 1921 at St Peter's church, Temuka.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [13 January 2017]
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