Roll of Honour - Lawrence Clifford George Chatfield
Service Number: 3027
Rank: Private
Unit: 11 Battalion
Service: Australian Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of death: 6 May 1917
Place of death: France
Cause of death: Killed in action
Age at death: 22
Place of association: North Perth, Australia
Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Villers-Bretonneux Area, France
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
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CHATFIELD, Private Lawrence Clifford George 3027 16180998. b. 1895 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia d. May 6, 1917, on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, Picardie Region, France. Australian. 11th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Son of George and Louise Chatfield nee Hill and three sisters and at least two brothers, 103 Glendower Street, North Perth, Western Australia. Attended Highgate Hill State School, Victoria. Civilian occupation – Clerk. Enlisted 6 Jul 1915. Embarked at Freemantle on the HMAT Themistocles 13 Sep 1915. Landed in Egypt for training for four months. Disembarked from SS Suffolk at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli 24 Apr 1916. Withdrew from Gallipoli 16/17 Nov 1916. Sailed to Menos for recuperation. Returned to Egypt (Alexandria) Early 1917. Deployed to France 30 March 1917. Disembarked Marseilles, France 5 Apr 1917. Killed in action at Bullecourt, May 6, 1917, aged just 9 days short of 22. No known grave.
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : Friday 8 June 1917) CHATFIELD,-In loving memory of my dear friend, Laurence CHATFIELD, who was killed in action in France on May 6, 1917. -Inserted by Raby Chandler. CHATFIELD.-On May 6, 1917. killed in action in France Laurence, the dearly loved and only son of Mrs. L. CHATFIELD, 103 Glendower-street, North Perth, aged 22 years all but 9 days. So dearly loved; deeply mourned. Our hero at rest.
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : Thursday 8 May 1919) His mother was still inserting memorials in the The West Australian (Perth, WA.) in 1940; CHATFIELD.-In loving memory of my dear Son and our Brother, Lawrie, killed at Bullecourt. May 6. 1917. Safe in God's keeping. Inserted by his loving mother, sisters, brothers.
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : Saturday 5 May 1928) IN MEMORIAM. Anzac Heroes. CHATFIELD. - In sad and loving memory of my dear son and brother, Laurie, killed in action at Bullecourt, May 6, 1917. Too dearly loved to be forgotten. Inserted by his loving mother and sisters and adopted brother. CHATFIELD.- A tribute to the memory of Pte. Lawrence CHATFIELD, and also the other four Australians who were killed by the same shell in the front line at Bullecourt on May 8. 1917.