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McLACHLAN, George Herbert
(Service number 31026)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	30/12/1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Rolleston Station
Occupation	Motor Mechanic
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs E. McLACHLAN (mother), 12 Edward Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section
Date	21 January 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

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Secretary

Death

Date	12 July 1922	Age	27 years
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause	Disease contracted on Active Service - TB ling
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference	Block B, Row 2
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Herbert McLachlan was the son of Archibald Lamont and Mary Elizabeth (nve Boyles) McLachlan, and abrother of angus Weller, Henry Lamont and William Arthur. He married Amy Kathleen Dwan on 22 September 1917 at Christchurch. George death was due to the TB contracted on Active Service.He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

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