LAWLOR, Edward John
| Service Number: | 5144 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 17 January 1958, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic R/C*O***184 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5144, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5144, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Wife-Violet Bertha Knowles Lawlor 1902–1966.
His parents were John Lawlor and Annie Delaney.
Address-Point Nepean Road, Brighton, Victoria.
Enlistment date-3 January 1916.
Rank on enlistment-Private
14th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
Regimental number from Nominal Roll-5144A.
Unit from Nominal Roll-45th Battalion
Returned to Australia 20 December 1917
War service: Western Front.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Brother of Private William Lawlor Regimental number
5145 [consecutive Regimental number] - also of the 14th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement.They embarked from Melbourne, Victoria for war service on the Western Front together.
[ HMAT A68 Anchises on 14 March 1916 ]
They were sons of J. Lawlor, Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Edward and his brother, William are honoured on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station World War I War Memorial at MacDonagh Station, Station Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny.
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