Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Laugher, William

Born 1891 Hobart Tasmania the son of Alfred and Sarah Laugher (nee Picking) a labourer he embarked Hobart 20^th October 1914 on board “HMAT Katuna” with the 3^rd Field Ambulance.

He died 6^th January 1918 at the No 5 Casualty Clearing Station Peronne France from accidental injuries (run over by an ambulance and suffered a fractured pelvis) and was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, France.

Mrs. A. Laugher Collinsvale has been officially notified of the death in action of her son, Driver William Laugher, A.A.M.C, this being the second son who has made the supreme sacrifice, Private James Laugher having been killed at the landing on Gallipoli. Driver W. Laugher was the first to enlist from Collinsvale in August 1914 and sailed with the First Expeditionary Forces. He was on his way to Gallipoli, but was put off at Lemnos Island with measles and pneumonia, and as the roads were too bad at Gallipoli for horses and wagons he was sent back to Egypt where he was on duty for two years and at his own request was sent to France, where he remained till his death and during the whole of that time he had only ten days leave to London and five days to Paris. He was offered promotion, but refused it, as it meant going to the Base Hospital, and he preferred the fighting line He saw over three years of actual service. Driver Laugher was for some time a member of the Collinsville Brass Band, and an esteemed member and officer of the Methodist Church where a memorial service is to be held on Sunday afternoon next by the Rev Perkins,of Glenorchy

The Mercury 23^rd Jan 1918

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