Lawrence Phillip Thaxter

Forenames

Lawrence Phillip AWMM

Surname

Thaxter AWMM

Also known as

Lawrence Philip AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1682 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

25 Dec 1887 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Abbot Street, Castlecliff, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Sarah Hutchison (mother), Abbot Street, Castlecliff, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Hutchison (mother), Castlecliff, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1682 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 47 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Temporary Corporal AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Son of Thomas and Sarah Thaxter

Grandfather: Charles Thaxter; he was also related to John James Copland and William Albert Thaxter

Rank last held was listed as Temporary Corporal on the Service Record History sheet

Lawrence also named a Miss B McKinnon (dob 2 Jan 1896), Telephone Exchange, Hamilton as a next of kin, alongside his mother.

SuppNom: Ex 3rd Reinforcements

Next of Kin: Mrs S. Hutchinson, Abbott St, Wanganui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

15 Oct 1916 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM IV. A .2 AWMM

Memorial name

• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7825069
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277478/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277478
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 718
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  26: 13
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 47. The Willochra tatler, or, The unvarished truth of some companies of the 10th Reinforcements, N.Z.E.F. (1916). Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch Press Company Limited, printers.