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Louis Charles LAUFFER

Regimental number2819
Place of birthSmith's Mill, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBlacksmiths striker
Address258 South Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs M B Lauffer, Adrian Street, Palmyra East Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row D, Grave No. 4), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Frances LAUFFER; husband of Myrtle LAUFFER, Mason Street, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Discharge datea

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