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Cenotaph record

Graham MacKenzie McLauchlan

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Headstone, Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya (photo B. Coutts, 2009) - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya (photo B. Coutts, 2009) - This image may be subject to …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Graham MacKenzie AWMM
  • Surname
    McLauchlan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mack AWMM
  • Service number
    37745 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 86 Clyde Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Ewen MacKenzie McLauchlan (father), 86 Clyde Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    37745 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Graham (Mack) McLauchlan was the son of Ewen MacKenzie McLauchlan and Susanna McLauchlan of Invercargill.

    His brother, Keith, wrote of his death some years later in 1943 in a letter written to the mother of of one of his men Richard David Hayes (17526). The letter was kept by the Hayes family.

    Three sons, brothers served in WW2: Graham MacKenzie McLauchlan (37745) kia; Keith Ferguson McLauchlan (2257) and Paul George McLauchlan (10460). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6.D.15 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2162765
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Military Service Record 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
      WW2 3: WW2 304 AWMM

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