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LAWLOR, John
(Service number 27313)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	23 November 1872	Place of Birth	Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Ma Waro
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Alice LAWLOR (wife), care of Mrs K. O'BRIEN, Seatoun Heights, Wellington
Religion	Roman Catholic
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	17th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	25 September 1916
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Civil servant

Death

Date	10 May 1949	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Section, Plot 8 Z/3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Lawlor married Alice McGowan on 12 May 1909 at Timaru. Their daughter Annie was born in 1911 at Timaru. John died in 1949, predeceased by his wife.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 July 2017]; Karori Cemetery Wellington headstone image & burial record (Wellington City Council) [18 July 2017]

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