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• Laurence Smith Mountain †

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Born: 24 June 1881

Died: 6 August 1915

Killed in action at Lone Pine.  The 4th Battalion Commander's Diary records that on 6 August 1915, the "Bn (sic) suffered severe casualties" during the attack at Lone Pine.  [JSB]

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Name recorded

• Lawrence Smith Mountain

Service number

• Service number 54

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• Born in Blythswood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death records

• Died on service
• 6 August 1915 in Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

Life event

• Enlisted at Randwick, NSW, Australia

Address

• Kilmun, 86 Raglan Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Charles Hugh Kay Mountain
• Mother - Mary Douglas Young
• Brother - Charles Hugh Kay Mountain

Organisation

• 4th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• MOUNTAIN Lawrence Smith : Service Number - 54 : Place of Birth - Glasgow Scotland : Place of Enlistment - Randwick NSW : Next of Kin - (Brother) MOUNTAIN Charles (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Lawrence Smith Mountain (webpage)
• PERSONAL NOTES. OUR MEN OF GALLIPOLI. PRIVATE MOUNTAIN. (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)
• Find War Dead: MOUNTAIN, LAURENCE SMITH (webpage)
• HEROES OF THE DARDANELLES. (newspaper article)
• Laurence Smith Mountain (photograph)
• CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. (newspaper article)
• Roll of Honour: Laurence Smith Mountain (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls: Laurence Smith Mountain (webpage)

Commemorations

• MOUNTAIN L. S. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial