Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Norman Waldemar Laugesen Born 4 December 1898 - Died 22 July 1942 PDF Key details Service number30462 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankCaptain/Military AWMM New Zealand Corps of Signals, Divisional Signals AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesNorman Waldemar AWMM SurnameLaugesen AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number30462 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth4 December 1898 AWMM New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship statusPre 18 August 1940 AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number30462 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Jan 1940 AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Orcades AWMM Private AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankCaptain/Military AWMM New Zealand Corps of Signals, Divisional Signals AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Christian Louis and Deborah Laugesen, of Kaikoura.Husband of Ethel M. Laugesen (née Fraser), of 24 Winchester Street, Merivale, Christchurch.The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection contains a copy of Laugesen's war diary (MS 2005/13) published by John K. Laugesen (December 2003) from the originals. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death22 July 1942 AWMM Age 43 AWMM Western Desert, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAlamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Norman Waldemar Laugesen by laying a poppy. Geoffrey William Laugesen Louis Arthur Laugesen Norman Waldemar Laugesen Rainford Christian Laugesen Theodore Christian Laugesen Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Norman Waldemar Laugesen Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects War diary of Captain Norman Waldemar Laugesen Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives 2005/13 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2123271 Sources Used DocumentsLaugesen, John K. War diary of Captain Norman Waldemar Laugesen. 2003. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2005/13. AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.265 AWMM Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
