John Cranston LAWRENCE

LAWRENCE, John Cranston

    Service Number: 2709
    Enlisted: 10 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Queenscliff, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 20 May 1918
    Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie
    Plot II, Row B
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2709, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2709, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2709, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    26 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2709, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW to right leg and bruised back.
    4 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), England
    14 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
    20 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2709, 22nd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW to abdomen in Somme area. Pte Lawrence died of his wounds the next day 21 April 1918.
    20 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2709, 22nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to abdomen at Ville sur Ancre. Pte Lawrence died of his wounds at 61st CCS, Vignacourt later the same day.

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