Street, Laurence Whistler

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B.A., Law II : Lieutenant, 3rd Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli. Volunteering at the outbreak of War, was commissioned in 3rd Battn. 14th September, 1914, took part in the Anzac Landing 25th April, 1915, was promoted lieutenant for services there and served till death. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in Action, MacLaurin's Hill, 19th May, 1915, in a hand to hand encounter, while in command of a coy. during a fierce attack by the Turks in great numbers, and buried in 4th Battn. Parade Ground Cemetery, Anzac. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College. Among the names of those who should not be forgotten in his (General Walker's) command, the one that had been most distinguished was that of Lieutenant L. W. Street.

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1893

Birth in Meadowbank -Talbragar- NSW, Australia 9 June 1893
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey 1914
1914

Enlisted 14 Sep 1914 at Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1920

Street, Ernest Whistler
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Street, Kenneth Whistler
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Street, Thomas Rendell
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1915

Death in Anzac Cove -MacLaurin's Hill- Gallipoli, Turkey 19 May 1915

Gender

Male

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Portrait Laurence Whistler Street [ jpg ]

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