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McLACHLAN, Henry Lamont
(Service number 36879)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	11/04/1883	Place of Birth	Palmerston

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	12 Edward Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs McLACHLAN (mother), 12 Edward Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements J Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Auckland Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	24 October 1934	Age	51 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause	Chronic myocardial degeneration
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 103, Plot 14
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Lamont McLachlan was the son of Archibald Lamont and Mary Elizabeth (née Boyles) McLachlan. His mother was next-of-kin when Henry enlisted and again at his death in 1934.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 December 2016]

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