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LAURENSON, Thomas Peter
(Service number 55601)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	29 October 1884	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	18 Preston Street, Timaru
Occupation	Insurance manager
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs F. L. LAURENSON (wife), care of Mrs Souter, Nelson Terrace, Timaru
Religion
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	38th Reinforcements, B Company
Date	5 June 1918
Transport	Remuera
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Insurance manager

Death

Date	5 September 1953	Age	69 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Crematorium, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Peter Laurenson was the son of Laurence and Isabella Laurenson. He married Fanny Louise Souter on 18 May 1918 at Wellington. His father died in 1909 in Dunedin, and his mother in 1918.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; Karori Crematorim, Wellington record (Wellington City Council) [14 January 2017]

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