LAUGHARNE - WALES
War Memorial
War Memorial
Laugharne is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Lance Corporal David Thomas JOHNS 244
Born: Llanelly, Wales Enlisted: 21-8-1914, Randwick, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner 4th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia from Sydney, N.S.W. on 20-10-1914 Killed in Action 18-8-1916, France aged 25years Son of Eliza John, of Bwlchnewydd, Laugharne, Wales, and the late William John. Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 40 His brother John James JOHN 320374 also died in service with Welsh Regiment 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion. |
Lance Corporal George WATTS 208
Born: Laugharne, Wales Enlisted: 13-10-1914, Enoggera, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner 15th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia from Melbourne, Victoria on 22-12-1914 Died of Wounds 30-8-1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey aged 31years Son of John and Esther Watts, of The Lakes, Laugharne. Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 78 |