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Carl Walter Wilhelm LAUREN

Regimental number4888
Place of birthFinland
Age on arrival in Australia32
ReligionLutheran
OccupationLabourer
AddressKangaroo Flat, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinFriend, James Warner, Adelaide Road, Gawler, South Australia
Enlistment date18 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 July 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Karl Walter Lauren on NR
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death39
Place of burialSt. Pierre Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row F, Grave No. 4), Amiens, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of Finland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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