Participant Info

Given Name

Joseph Lawrence

Family Name

Sawyer

Service Number

5197

Place of Birth

Bullumwaal VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Address on Enlistment

Hagelthorn Street, Wonthaggi, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

7th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

18

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A23 Suffolk, Melbourne VIC on 1 April 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium

Date of Death

26/09/1917

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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