Ernest James McLaughlin

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of James and Caroline Maud McLaughlin, of 564, Cumberland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Private Ernest J. McLaughlin died of wounds, was the second son of Mr and Mrs J. McLaughlin, Dunedin, and was 23 years of age. He left with the Thirteenth Reinforcements, and was wounded in the Somme battle, and was only a short time back at the front, when he received the fatal wounds." [Otago Witness, Issue 3322, 14 November 1917, Page 19]

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Casualty

Service Number:

23593

Name:

Ernest James McLaughlin

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

NZEF, Otago Regiment, 3 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

19 October 1917

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Nine Elms British Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

IV. E. 4.

Cemetery Location:

Belgium