Unit |
1st
Battalion, Headquarters |
Rank |
Colonel |
Date of Enlistment |
15 August 1914 |
Service no. |
- |
Date of Death |
27 April 1915 |
Place of Death |
MacLaurin's Hill |
Age |
37 |
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Cemetery |
4th Battalion Parade Ground |
Details |
A. 10 |
Epitaph |
Neither
counted I my life as dear unto myself |
Next of Kin |
(Brother)
MacLAURIN Charles |
Address |
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Parents |
Sir Henry
Normand (Chancellor of University of Sydney) and Eliza Ann
MacLaurin |
Address |
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Date of Birth |
31
October 1878 |
Place of birth |
NSW
Sydney |
General |
"For the Brigadier from New South
Wales Bridges made the experiment of selecting, on an estimate of his
character, a very young and comparatively untried officer, a Sydney
barrister, H. N. MacLaurin. MacLaurin was the son of
one of the most respected public men in New South Wales, Sir Normand
MacLaurin, a Scotsman, once a leading Sydney medical man and for years
the Chancellor of the University of Sydney. Young MacLaurin
had been in the militia since his university days, and had recently been
promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 26th Infantry of the of
the citizen forces."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 1, 11th edition, page 50, The "A.I.F" (source
1)
"Irvine was shot at 3 p.m. Ten
minutes later MacLaurin, standing in his shirtsleeves behind the
southern shoulder of the ridge which bears his name, was shot from the
same point. He died without knowing of Irvine's death. The
command of the 1st Brigade was given temporarily to Colonel Owen, of the
3rd Battalion, who was at Steele's Post on the same ridge."
The
Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W,
The Story of Anzac, volume 1, 11th edition, page 521, Second
Counter-Attack (source 1) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
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Gallipoli -
The Incredible Campaign, SWIFTE, Tim, page 48 (source 17) |
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Photo |
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ANZAC Epitaphs
(source 10) |
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Photo |
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WW1 Official
History - Vol 1, page 520 (source 1) |
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Photo |
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The Sydney
Morning Herald Newspaper,
5 May 1915, (source 24) |
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Photo |
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ANZAC Memorial,
25th April 1916, page 46 (source 26) |
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Photo |
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The Sydney
Mail Newspaper,
12 May 1915, (source 15) |
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Photo |
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The Age
Newspaper, 8 May 1915, page 14 (source 44) |
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Photo |
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The Argus Newspaper,
7 May 1915, page 8 (source 42) |
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Photo |
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The Australasian Newspaper,
15 May 1915, page vi (source 31) |
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Photo |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper,
12 May 1915, page 11 (source 70) |
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Photo |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 5 May 1915, page 11 (source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus Newspaper,
7 May 1915, page 8 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Daily Telegraph Newspaper,
5 May 1915, page 9 (source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus Newspaper,
12 August 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
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Headstone |
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The Anzac
Book 1916, page 27 (source 16) |
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Headstone |
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Australian
War Memorial (www.awm.gov.au), G01853, (source 7) |
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Various |
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Society of
Australian Genealogists |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 2 (source 14) |
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