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Robert Burns LAURIE

Regimental number2347
Place of birthLaurieton, New South Wales
SchoolLaurieton Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingBlackfriars Teachers College, Sydney, NSW
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShop assistant
AddressLaurieton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Joseph Laurie, Laurieton, North Coast, New South Wales
Enlistment date23 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was one of twenty-five cousins who enlisted. All members of the Laurie family, six of whom gave their lives.
FateDied of wounds 12 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death20.9
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
127
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Jane LAURIE, Laurieton, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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