Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Lawrence A P Capt Arthur Poole AMC 23 Medical practitioner Married Bap
Address: Ascot Vale, Maribyrnong Rd, “Buxton”
Next of Kin: Lawrence, A M, Mrs, wife, “Buxton”, Maribyrnong Rd, Ascot Vale
Enlisted: 18 Feb 1917
Embarked: A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917
Prior service: AAMC
Awards: Military Cross
Relatives on Active Service
Lawrence G S Pte 7274 brother
Lawrence A H Pte 2863 brother
Slade-A-G-Pte-3406 cousin
Slade-W-C-2nd-Air-Mechanic-3171 cousin
SOCIAL BREVITIES The engagement is announced of Miss Amy M. Beck. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H Beck, of Maribyrnong road, and Captain A. P. Lawrence, A.M.C., A.I.F., second son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Lawrence, of Holmes road, Moonee Ponds.
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The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the
southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is
standing by to take the troops. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.
Recommendation for Military Cross
Captain Arthur Poole Lawrence 6th Australian Field Ambulance
https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068072--6-.pdf |
Mentioned in this publication:
IN Sabretache, Volume 50 Issue 2 (June 2009). By John Williamson.
Website: A Celebration of Arthur Poole Lawrence .....
Lawrence's father-in-law William Beck (or his brother-in-law Geoff Beck) employed Johnson-W-L-Pte-7875 as an assistant chemist before the war. He later moved to Maffra.