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William LAUGHER

Regimental number230
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolColliers Vale State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressBismarck, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Alfred Laugher, Bismarck, Tasmania
Previous military service23rd Australian Army Medical Corps
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name3rd Field Ambulance, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Ambulance
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe enlisted in Aug 1914 and served nearly four years before being run over with a motar from which injuries he died from.
FateDied of wounds 6 January 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialTincourt New British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 37), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
183
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Sarah LAUGHER, Prince of Wales Bay, Moonah, Tasmania. Native of Hobart
Family/military connectionsHis brother James was killed at the landing of Gallipoli.

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