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Richard LATCHFORD [11818]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Abt 1824 - , , Ireland
    Christening: 
          Death: 1900 - , Victoria, Australia ( aged about 76)
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth HUGHES [11819] (Abt 1832 - 1874)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Ellen LATCHFORD [9473] (1862-1933)

Notes
General:
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Mon 20 Aug 1900 Page 1 Family Notices
LATCHFORD.— On the 19th August, at his late residence. No. 2 Wynyard-street, South Melbourne, Richard Latchford contractor, the dearly beloved , father of Margaret and Henry Latchford, boot maker;
Clarendon-.-street, South Melbourne; William Latchford, Stead-street. South Melbourne, and Mrs. W.
Swindon, Box Hill, 46 years a resident of South Melbourne aged 76 years. No flowers, by request.
At rest.

picture Lilian Peace LATHWELL [8845]

      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1918 - Perth, WA, Australia 6079
    Christening: 
          Death: 2011 - Perth, WA, Australia ( at age 93) 6080
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Angus James GODBER [8838] (1900 - 1982)
       Marriage: 1939 - Perth, WA, Australia 4584
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. David GODBER [8846]


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Margaret F LATTA [6154]

      Sex: F

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          Death: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *George Francis BONHAM [6143] (1893 - 1971)
       Marriage: Dec Q 1925 - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England 104
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Patricia Margaret BONHAM [6156] (1927-1996)
                2. Audrey N BONHAM [6158]


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George Francis LATTER [13086]

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. *Martha Ann BERRYMAN [5419] (1888 - 1969)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 


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Geoff LAUAKI [3258]

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. *Belinda Joy WILSON [3257]
       Children:
                1. Joshua Malachi LAUAKI [3259]
                2. Zarah Jayne LAUAKI [3260]
                3. Sione Settavangi LAUAKI [8110]
                4. Maliyah Ruth LAUAKI [8111]


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Joshua Malachi LAUAKI [3259]

      Sex: M

Parents
         Father: Geoff LAUAKI [3258] 
         Mother: Belinda Joy WILSON [3257] 


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Maliyah Ruth LAUAKI [8111]

      Sex: F

Parents
         Father: Geoff LAUAKI [3258] 
         Mother: Belinda Joy WILSON [3257] 


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Sione Settavangi LAUAKI [8110]

      Sex: M

Parents
         Father: Geoff LAUAKI [3258] 
         Mother: Belinda Joy WILSON [3257] 


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Zarah Jayne LAUAKI [3260]

      Sex: F

Parents
         Father: Geoff LAUAKI [3258] 
         Mother: Belinda Joy WILSON [3257] 

Spouses and Children
       Children:
                1. Desmond [—?—] [8109]


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Margaret Adelaide LAUGHLIN [14116]

      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Abt 1870 3942
    Christening: 
          Death: 1932 - Coburg, Vic, Australia ( aged about 62) 3942
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph William EARL [14115] (1862 - 1933) 3942 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Everett Belmont Graham EARL [636] (1894-1972)


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George LAUGHTON [12503]

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann KEMSHEAD [7629] (1856 - 1888)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 


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Thomas LAUGHTON [11899]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1877 - Farndish, Bedford, England 6081
    Christening: 
          Death: 1926 - Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 49) 6081
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Ann MILLARD [8422] (Dec Q 1876 -       )
       Marriage: 31 Jul 1898 - Rushden, Northamptonshire, England 6081
         Status: 


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Valerie Barbara LAUGHTON [5722]



      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Jun Q 1945 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 6082
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Jan 2018 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 72) 296
      Cremation: 24 Jan 2018 - Kettering Crematorium, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 6083

Spouses and Children
1. *David Robert DARLOW [3007] (10 Oct 1938 - Oct 2023) 3198 
       Marriage: 14 Mar 1964 - Broughton, Northamptonshire, England 3215,3217
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Andrew D DARLOW [5723]
                2. Anita Lavinia DARLOW [5724]

Notes
General:
Northamptonshire Telegraph Notices
DARLOW Val
Passed away peacefully at Kettering General Hospital on 12th January 2018 aged 72 years. Devoted wife of David (Chuff), loving mum of Andrew, Anita and their partners Catherine and Bob, loved grandma of Ben, Karl and Jack and a dear sister. Sadly missed by all her family and friends. Funeral service to be held at the Edgar Newman Chapel of Kettering Crematorium on Wednesday 24th January at 12.00 noon. Family flowers only please but donations if desired for Cancer Research UK may be given on the day, made online at averilphillips.co.uk or sent to: Averil Phillips and Family, Independent Funeral Directors, Northhampton House, Station Road, Kettering, Northants, NN15 7HH, Tel. 01536 511197. Published in Northamptonshire Telegraph on Jan. 18, 2018 Read Less

Read more at: http://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/northantstelegraph-uk/obituary.aspx?n=val-darlow&pid=187886265&fhid=39216

picture James LAURANCE [5977]

      Sex: M
AKA: James LAWRANCE, James LAWRENCE
Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca HEWITT [3510] (1874 - 6 Aug 1939)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Myrtle Eileen Eva LAURANCE [5978] (1894-1959)


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Myrtle Eileen Eva LAURANCE [5978]

      Sex: F
AKA: Myrtle Eileen LAWRANCE
Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1894 - Norwood, South Australia, Australia 2228,6084
    Christening: 
          Death: 16 Apr 1959 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ( at age 65) 2228
         Burial: 

Parents
         Father: James LAURANCE [5977] (      -      ) 
         Mother: Rebecca HEWITT [3510] (1874-1939) 


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June LAURIE [11953]

      Sex: F

Parents
         Father: Ollie LAURIE [5019] 
         Mother: Teagan Mary Anne ROBERTSON [3130] 


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Ollie LAURIE [5019]

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. *Teagan Mary Anne ROBERTSON [3130]
       Children:
                1. Shelby LAURIE [3071]
                2. June LAURIE [11953]


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Shelby LAURIE [3071]

      Sex: F

Parents
         Father: Ollie LAURIE [5019] 
         Mother: Teagan Mary Anne ROBERTSON [3130] 


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Catherine LAVEN [8866]

      Sex: F
AKA: Catherine LAFFAN
Individual Information
     Birth Date: Abt 1828
    Christening: 
          Death: 1923 - South Yarra, Victoria, Australia ( aged about 95)
         Burial: 

Parents
         Father: Patrick LAVEN [8868] (      -      ) 
         Mother: Sarah SHORT [8869] (      -      ) 

Spouses and Children
1. *Patrick RITCHIE [8865] (Abt 1828 - 1905)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Charles RITCHIE [8871] (Abt 1856-1928)
                2. Ann RITCHIE [8870] (Abt 1858-1860)
                3. Mary RITCHIE [3526] (1860-      )
                4. Patrick RITCHIE [8867] (1865-1938)


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Patrick LAVEN [8868]

      Sex: M
AKA: Patrick LAFFAN
Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah SHORT [8869] (       -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Catherine LAVEN [8866] (Abt 1828-1923)


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Christopher LAW [2261]

      Sex: M

Parents
         Father: Ian LAW [2258] 
         Mother: Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943-1995) 


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Felicity LAW [2260]

      Sex: F

Parents
         Father: Ian LAW [2258] 
         Mother: Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943-1995) 


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Ian LAW [2258]

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. *Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943 - 9 Sep 1995)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Miriam LAW [2259] (      -Bef 1995)
                2. Felicity LAW [2260]
                3. Christopher LAW [2261]


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Maureen Patricia LAW [7472]

      Sex: F

Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas William JONES [7449]
       Children:
                1. Taomi Narelle JONES [7473]
                2. Andrea Margaret JONES [7476]
                3. Steven Thomas JONES [7480]


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Miriam LAW [2259]

      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 1995 6085
         Burial: 

Parents
         Father: Ian LAW [2258] 
         Mother: Bernadette TANGEY [2253] (1943-1995) 


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Melva Lillian LAWLER [2111]

      Sex: F

Spouses and Children
1. *Maxwell Robert BONHAM [2108]
       Children:
                1. Michael Raymond BONHAM [2112]
                2. Brian William BONHAM [2113]
                3. Denise Ann BONHAM [2114]
                4. David John BONHAM [2115]


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Anastasia LAWRENCE [4654]

      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Herbert BROWN [4653] (       -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Arthur Joseph BROWN  1853 [4620] (Abt 1905-1978)


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Aubrey Malcolm LAWRENCE [12832]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1896
    Christening: 
          Death: 1930 -  ( at age 34)
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Victoria May COUBROUGH [4411] (6 Jul 1893 - Sep 1928) 2592 
       Marriage: 1919 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
         Status: 

Notes
General:
Northam Advertiser (WA: 1895-1955) Wed 19 February 1930 page 2
Lawrence - On February 17 1930 at Northam Hospital, Aubrey Malcolm Lawrence, late 28th Batt AIF, loving husband of the late Victoria Lawrence and fond father of Aubrey, Gladys, Leslie Mavis, Francis, Pearl, Helen and Marjory. Aged 34 years.

picture Glorija LAWRENCE [12719]

      Sex: F

Spouses and Children
1. *Gavan Herbert GROSSER [9191]


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John LAWRENCE [9688]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Mary [9692] (       -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Ann LAWRENCE [5517] (1845-1933)


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Mary Ann LAWRENCE [5517]



      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1845 - Bermondsey, London, England 89
    Christening: 21 May 1845 - Bermondsey, London, England 6086
          Death: 1933 - Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England ( at age 88) 89,6087
         Burial: 

Parents
         Father: John LAWRENCE [9688] (      -      ) 
         Mother: Mary [9692] (      -      ) 

Spouses and Children
1. *George Castleman BROOM [5516] (Jun Q 1850 - 1932)
       Marriage: 2 May 1869 - Newington, Surrey, England 89,1829
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sarah Mary Ann BROOM [9693] (1873-1964)
                2. George Castleman BROOM [9695] (1877-1965)
                3. Alice Jane BROOM [9694] (1881-Abt 1977)
                4. Albert BROOM [5493] (1889-1961)

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Newspaper article with no date or banner attached
Mrs M A Broom
Passing of Wimbledon Octogenarian

A year after the death of her husband, Mrs. Mary Ann Broon [m] died on Saturday at 34 Evelyn Road, the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. A. Wyatt.

Mrs. Broon [m] was 87 years of age and her youthful appearance was the wonder or her friends. She and her husband, Mr. George Broon [m], were familiar figures in Wimbledon. They celebrated their Diamond wedding in 1929.

Only a fortnight before her death Mrs Broon [m] was wheeled in her bath?????? , to Wimbledon Cemetery to lay a wreath on her husband's grave, on the anniversary of his death.

She is survived by two sons and two daughters.

The funeral took place on Wednesday at Wimbledon Cemetery, and was arranged by Mr. E. Knox, of High Street, Merton. The Rev. A. Thompson, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, officiated.

picture Mary Emma LAWRENCE [12958]

      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1856 - Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
    Christening: 
          Death: 1952 - Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 96)
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *George DARLOW [1508] (Mar 1854 - May 1885)
       Marriage: 12 Oct 1872 - Raunds, Northamptonshire, England 3257
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Florence Beatrice DARLOW [14414] (1878-1918)
                2. Edith Alberta DARLOW [14416] (1881-1921)
                3. George William DARLOW [14418] (1882-1972)

2. John Edward BARRINGER [12959] (1850 - 1921)
       Marriage: 1888 - , Northamptonshire, England
         Status: 


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Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [11336]

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. *Louisa Phyllis GRAYDON [11335] (1903 - 1976)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 


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Rijana LAWRENCE GRAY [13045]

      Sex: F

Parents
         Father: GRAY [13044] 
         Mother: 


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William LAWRY [8503]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Abt 1845
    Christening: 
          Death: 1893 - Daylesford, Victoria, Australia ( aged about 48) 2167
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Elizabeth PEEL [7236] (1856 - 1914)
       Marriage: 1888 - , Victoria, Australia 6088
         Status: 

Notes
General:
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Thursday 21 September 1893 Page 1
LAWRY.- On the 18th September. at Daylesford, William Lawry, the beloved husband of Mary A. Lawry, aged 48 yours. "A patient sufferer at rest."

picture Alex Selkirk LAWSON [9426]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1912 - Yarrawonga, Vic, Australia 880
    Christening: 
          Death: 1994 - Geelong, Vic, Australia ( at age 82) 880
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Jean Wandless HERBERT [9425] (1912 - 1989) 880 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Dr Robin LAWSON [9427]


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Dagmar LAWSON [14278]

      Sex: F
AKA: Dagmar LARSON
Individual Information
     Birth Date: 2 Sep 1894 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Christening: 
          Death: 17 Nov 1986 - Noble Park, Victoria, Australia ( at age 92) 6089,6090
         Burial: 

Spouses and Children
1. Angelo ORLANDI [14279] (4 Sep 1884 - 29 Aug 1954)
       Marriage: 1922 - , Victoria, Australia
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Clara Roma ORLANDI [14301] (1922-2006)
                2. Frances Dagmar ORLANDI [14303] (1930-1967)
                3. Ruth Maria ORLANDI [14305] (1931-1931)

2. *Albert Dawes MORGAN DAWES [1834] (20 Sep 1890 - 7 Feb 1962)
    Partnership: 
         Status: No evidence this couple married
       Children:
                1. Louis Angelo ORLANDI  61 [14280] (1927-2001)

Notes
General:
The Orlandi's lived in Jefferson Road, Garfield. After Angelo died, Dagmar moved to 6 Bruce Street Dandenong.

Clare is likely to be Angelo and Dagmar's biological child. Louis is the biological child of a Dawes proven by DNA matches of descendants.

picture Dulcie May LAWSON [11167]

      Sex: F

Spouses and Children
1. *Leonard Dunlop JACKSON [9241] (Abt 1930 - 25 Nov 2008) 2218 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 


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James LAWSON Lt. Col. DSO [6819]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 16 Feb 1884 - Halifax, Yorkshire, England 6091
    Christening: 
          Death: 1965 - Brighton, Vic, Australia ( at age 81) 6092
         Burial: 

Events

1. Immigration: arrived in Melbourne on the ship Ormuz, Aug 1908, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Parents
         Father: James LAWSON [9225] (      -      ) 
         Mother: Elizabeth [9226] (      -      ) 

Spouses and Children
1. *Effie Maud FRANKLIN [6816] (1889 - 1969) 10 
       Marriage: 1912 - , Victoria, Australia 4396
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. James Franklin LAWSON OBE  10 [6820] (1913-2003)
                2. Patricia Elizabeth LAWSON  10 [6821] (Abt 1928-1992)

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Enlisted in WW1 in 1914 Sern V26144. Mentioned in dispatches and awarded the DSO. By the time James returned home in 1919 after the end of WW1 he had risen to the rank of Major and in around 1927 he was awarded the rank of Lt. Colonel.

Rupanyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon and Lallat Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) View title info Thu 2 Dec 1915 Page 2
THE Rupanyup Spectator
The many friends of Lieutenant James Lawson will be pleased to hear that he has been recommended from the firing line at
Gallipoli for promotion to captain.

It will be remembered with pride that Lieut. Lawson, with his troop of Rupanyup Light Horse, were in the first expeditionary force in 1914 to leave Australia for active service at the front. After some months' training in Egypt the Light Horse were ordered to the Peninsula as infantry, and Mr Lawson was "promoted from 2nd to 1st ' lieutenant. He and his company, "many of whom, alas, have been killed and others wounded or incapacitated through illness, have had six months of solid trench: fighting in the-front firing line, with only four days' leave during, that period; and it is with pride we record his recommendation for promotion to captain, which will be equally rejoiced' in by his troops; at the front, with whom he particularly popular and by our local soldier boys.

Rupanyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon and Lallat Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) View title info Thu 16 Mar 1916 Page 3
Our Boys In Egypt.
Captain James Lawson of the 4th Light Horse writing from Heliopolis, Egypt, encloses a programme with the results of a tourney by the Third Australian Light Horse Brigade and Fourth Light Horse Regiment to commemorate Australia's Anniversary Day, January 26, 1916, at Heliopolis. It will be remembered that when the Fourth Light Horse (of which the Rupanyup troop were a part) were in camp at Egypt going into active service on the Peninsula, they were successful in almost every competition against the other troops in camp.
It is pleasing to note that after the rigors of the Gallipoli campaign our boys, are still fit and more than held their own out of a camp of over 4000 troops in the tourney on Australia Day-securing first and second in the rescue race; first and second in the Anzac Sheffield second in the obstacle event; first in tug-of war (bare back); first wrestling on horse back (bare back); and fourth in sections of four race.
The following letter was received during last week from Sergeant Burton of the Fourth Light Horse, who is in hospital at Ghezireh, Egypt, concerning Captain James Lawson .... " Being on the Peninsula six months under Captain Lawson we had many opportunities of witnessing the great work done by him, the coolest of cool under fire, nothing daunted him-it was this that made us all have such implicit faith in him-for when things looked blackest he never failed us. He was an officer who would stick to his men, lead them, cheer them when things, looked hopeless and praise them, when success was attained. We all hope he will be spared to return, receiving the praise he richly deserves, and would like all the boys at home to know what a great name Captain Lawson has made for himself amongst the boys who served under him on the heights of Gallipoli."
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/121050896

Hopetoun Courier and Mallee Pioneer (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Fri 1 Jun 1917 Page 2 Personal Pars.

Personal Pars.
Mrs. Lawson, of Rupanyup, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, of Hopetoun, received a cable message from her husband last week, forwarded from Palestine informing her that he had been promoted to the rank of major. The cable also mentioned that Lieut. Phillips and Private Dunlop were in good health. Mrs Lawson has been the recipient of hearty congratulations on her husband's promotion,

Rupanyup Spectator and Lubeck, Banyena, Rich Avon and Lallat Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) View title info Thu 13 Dec 1917 Page 2
Major LAWSON D.S.O.
Major LAWS0M, D.S.O.
Major James Lawson, mentioned in Sir Archibald Murray's dispatches in June last has now been awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Major Lawson volunteered as a 2nd Iieut. with the Rupanyup troop of 4th Light Horse in August 1914 and is now serving with the4th Light Horse in Palestine.


The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) View title info Fri 2 Aug 1929 Page 2

LIGHT HORSE DISBANDS.
The 49th Light horse Regiment of which Lieut Col. J. Lawson, of Rupanyup is commanding officer has been disbanded in accordance with the economy proposals of the Defence Department and instructions have been issued to trainees to return all equipment accept uniforms. The troops affected are Natimuk, Dimboola, Rupanyup, Skipton and Horsham, the last named being under the control of Major Faux.

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lawson-james-7119
Lawson, James (1884-1965)
by J. P. Haldane-Stevenson
This article was published:
in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10 , 1986
online in 2006
James Lawson (1884-1965), stock and station agent and soldier, was born on 16 February 1884 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, son of James Lawson, police officer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Dickinson. Educated at Heath Grammar School, Halifax, he became a clerk at the Todmorden branch of the Manchester and Liverpool Bank. He came to Australia in 1905. Fair-haired, of powerful build and commanding presence, he had the traditional Yorkshireman's directness of manner and character and a dry sense of humour-qualities liked by his neighbours in the Wimmera district of Victoria. By 1912 he was a hotelkeeper at Rupanyup, and that year on 6 March he married Effie Maude Franklin at St Peter's Church, Melbourne.

In England Lawson had served in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Imperial Yeomanry and in 1912 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the 19th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Victorian Mounted Rifles. On 20 August 1914 he joined the Australian Imperial Force in the same rank and embarked for Egypt with the 4th Light Horse Regiment. They served dismounted at Anzac from 20 May 1915 until the evacuation; Lawson had been promoted lieutenant in February and in January 1916 in Egypt he became commander of 'C' Squadron. In 1916-18 his regiment served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under General Sir Edmund Allenby in Sinai and Palestine. Lawson was promoted major in May 1917 and from then commanded 'A' Squadron.

On 31 October 1917 Allenby, planning his main advance through the heavily fortified Gaza area, made a diversionary thrust at Beersheba. British infantry on the south-west formed the guard, while Australian cavalry charged the Turks from the south-east. Lawson's squadron and a squadron of the 12th Australian L.H.R. led the attack, storming the enemy trenches with wild and spectacular success; the official historian, (Sir) Henry Gullett, noted that the 'enemy had been beaten rather by the sheer recklessness of the charge than by the very limited fighting powers of this handful of Australians'. Lawson's leadership and personal valour in this key operation won him the Distinguished Service Order. After the fall of Gaza his regiment joined Allenby's advance into Syria, linked up with a force under Lawrence of Arabia and took part in the capture of Damascus in September 1918. Lawson was mentioned in dispatches twice in 1917-18.

He returned home in January 1919 and his A.I.F. appointment ended in April. He became a stock and station agent at Rupanyup, reverting to part-time soldiering with the Australian Military Forces as a major in the 19th L.H.R.; he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and commander of the regiment in 1927. In 1931-33 he commanded the 5th Cavalry Brigade as a temporary colonel and in 1929 received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration. During World War II, with the acting rank of brigadier, he held administrative command of a training brigade based at Geelong. He was placed on the retired list, A.M.F., as an honorary colonel in November 1943.

Never a man to pull his rank, Lawson was active in civic affairs, was master of his Masonic Lodge in 1922-23, sat for many years on the Wimmera League Football Tribunal and supported the local Anglican Church and volunteer fire brigade. In 1952 he retired to Melbourne where he was a member of the Naval and Military Club. Survived by his wife, son and daughter, Lawson died on 29 September 1965 at his daughter's home at Brighton and was cremated. He is depicted in George Lambert's painting of the battle of Beersheba at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Select Bibliography
H. S. Gullett and C. Barrett, Australia in Palestine (Syd, 1919)
H. S. Gullett, The A.I.F. in Sinai and Palestine (Syd, 1923)
T. E. Lawrence, Revolt in the Desert (Lond, 1927)
London Gazette, 6 July 1917, 15 Jan, 14 June 1918
Herald (Melbourne), 29 Sept 1965
records (Australian War Memorial)
private information

picture James LAWSON [9225]

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
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          Death: 
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Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth [9226] (       -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. James LAWSON Lt. Col. DSO  10 [6819] (1884-1965)

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