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Lawrence A H    Pte    2863

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 7 years, 6 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Lawrence A H    Pte    2863    Alfred Hughes  "Bunty"       7 Inf Bn    18    Carpenter    Single    Bap       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Holmes Rd, 131   

Next of Kin:    Lawrence, E M, Mrs, mother, 131 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    1 Jul 1915       

Embarked:     A16 Star of Victoria 10 Sep 1915  

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Lawrence G S Pte 7274 brother

Lawrence-A-P-Capt brother

Slade-A-G-Pte-3406 cousin

Slade-W-C-2nd-Air-Mechanic-3171 cousin

 

A friend of Scurry W C Pte 2668 ,  "Bunty" Lawrence scrounged for tins, string, packing case wood and water to assist Scurry to construct a prototype "drip action" rifle prior to the evacuation. Lawrence was said to have been a school friend, but he is on the Moonee Ponds West State School Honour Board,  as opposed to Scurry who was included on the Ascot Vale board,  They probably knew each other through cadets as they both served with the 58th Area cadets.

 

The delayed action device,  called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal

Scurry 7 Battalion, AIF, for firing a rifle by means of weights operated through

water escaping fromone tin into another.  Australian War Memorial Collection.

http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/G01291

 

Australian War Memorial Collection S01577
Alfred Hughes Lawrence as a member of 7th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli 1915, interviewed by Peter Baster
Date made  21 November 1982, audio cassette.
Lawrence speaks of the invention and operation of the delayed action rifle prepared for use by Australian troops during the withdrawal from Gallipoli, December 1915.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/S01577

 

Mentioned in this publication:

The Fair Dinkums by Glenn McFarlane, p 36, 109,123-126, 129, 131-134, 141, 142-143

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Moonee Ponds West State School

Moonee Ponds Baptist Church

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded

Regimental Register

Welcome Home 7 Nov 1918

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