Lawn Arthur William Lamason Captain 122768

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Name Lawn Arthur William Lamason
Army number 122768
Rank Captain
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 38
Unit New Zealand Territorial Force (Captain) - dates not known. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 5/3/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI 30/6/1940, Iceland, Iceland Force HQ. Trf Pioneer Corps 31/1/1942. Relinquished Commission on being appointed to a Commission in the New Zealand Forces 31/5/1942. Posted to the New Zealand Infantry in the rank of Captain - Number 865. DIED 11/7/1942.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 1st Reinforcements (Force Duties) Iceland.
Joined Brigade
Promotions A/Captain 1/4/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 1/7/1940
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 11/7/1942
Home address Son of Charles Henry and Barbara Mary Lawn (nee Lamason), of Stratford, Taranaki. Commemorated on the Wellington Provincial Memorial.
Source table 10DLI