Lance Corporal

Ernest Gilchrist Laurie

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mrs. Jane G. Laurie.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
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Three Laurie brothers were killed in WWI. They were sons of James Maben Laurie & Jane Gilchrist Laurie, Southland, New Zealand. Private Francis Hamilton Stobo Laurie was KIA 6 February 1917 age 2... Read More


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Casualty

Service Number: 
23/481
Name:
Ernest Gilchrist Laurie
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
James Laurie (father), Tihaka, Southland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Tuatapere, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
08 October 1918
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. A. 9.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Ernest Gilchrist Laurie
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