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. Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. DIED at sea 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 School Teacher. Son of Charles Henry and Barbara Mary Lawn (nee Lamason), of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Wellington Provincial Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Source table 10DLI

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