Regimental number 3290
School Cambridge Street State School, Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Concrete hand
Address 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 32
Next of kin Wife, Mrs R M Donohue, 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 21 November 1915 (corns on feet); discharged to Base Details, 3 December 1915.
Transferred to and taken on strength of, 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 940211, 3382 Pte A.J. LAURIE, 60th Bn, 12 June 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine. He was beside me at Fleurbaix as we went over the parapet together in the first wave on the 19th July. Casualty was a stretcher bearer. I saw him killed by a machine gun bullet. He was hit in the head. As I lay wounded not far from him he said to me - "If you get back tell them you saw me knocked." He knew he was done. I heard him calling out for water about two hours afterwards.'
Second statement by LAURIE, 20 (?) June 1917: 'I saw Casualty hit on the 19th July at Fleurbaix at 6.45 a.m. He called out and fell near our trench. He was just in the act of getting through our own barbed wire. His body probably fell into the creek where numbers of our boys fell.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
School Cambridge Street State School, Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Concrete hand
Address 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 32
Next of kin Wife, Mrs R M Donohue, 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 21 November 1915 (corns on feet); discharged to Base Details, 3 December 1915.
Transferred to and taken on strength of, 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 940211, 3382 Pte A.J. LAURIE, 60th Bn, 12 June 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine. He was beside me at Fleurbaix as we went over the parapet together in the first wave on the 19th July. Casualty was a stretcher bearer. I saw him killed by a machine gun bullet. He was hit in the head. As I lay wounded not far from him he said to me - "If you get back tell them you saw me knocked." He knew he was done. I heard him calling out for water about two hours afterwards.'
Second statement by LAURIE, 20 (?) June 1917: 'I saw Casualty hit on the 19th July at Fleurbaix at 6.45 a.m. He called out and fell near our trench. He was just in the act of getting through our own barbed wire. His body probably fell into the creek where numbers of our boys fell.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 3290
School Cambridge Street State School, Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Concrete hand
Address 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 32
Next of kin Wife, Mrs R M Donohue, 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 21 November 1915 (corns on feet); discharged to Base Details, 3 December 1915.
Transferred to and taken on strength of, 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 940211, 3382 Pte A.J. LAURIE, 60th Bn, 12 June 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine. He was beside me at Fleurbaix as we went over the parapet together in the first wave on the 19th July. Casualty was a stretcher bearer. I saw him killed by a machine gun bullet. He was hit in the head. As I lay wounded not far from him he said to me - "If you get back tell them you saw me knocked." He knew he was done. I heard him calling out for water about two hours afterwards.'
Second statement by LAURIE, 20 (?) June 1917: 'I saw Casualty hit on the 19th July at Fleurbaix at 6.45 a.m. He called out and fell near our trench. He was just in the act of getting through our own barbed wire. His body probably fell into the creek where numbers of our boys fell.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
School Cambridge Street State School, Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Concrete hand
Address 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 32
Next of kin Wife, Mrs R M Donohue, 39 Chapel Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 21 November 1915 (corns on feet); discharged to Base Details, 3 December 1915.
Transferred to and taken on strength of, 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 940211, 3382 Pte A.J. LAURIE, 60th Bn, 12 June 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine. He was beside me at Fleurbaix as we went over the parapet together in the first wave on the 19th July. Casualty was a stretcher bearer. I saw him killed by a machine gun bullet. He was hit in the head. As I lay wounded not far from him he said to me - "If you get back tell them you saw me knocked." He knew he was done. I heard him calling out for water about two hours afterwards.'
Second statement by LAURIE, 20 (?) June 1917: 'I saw Casualty hit on the 19th July at Fleurbaix at 6.45 a.m. He called out and fell near our trench. He was just in the act of getting through our own barbed wire. His body probably fell into the creek where numbers of our boys fell.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Gravesite Details
Private, 60th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: 33. Son of William and Harriet Donohue; husband of R. M. Donohue. Native of Abbotsford, Victoria.
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