Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
John Small Laburn
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: December 1915
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 148834
- Rank: Sapper
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Company,Light Signal Corps
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 21.10.1884
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 8 Bellefield Ave, Dundee
- Occupation: Telegraphist
- Mother:
Margaret Laburn
- Father:
John Laburn
- Siblings:
4 siblings, (names unknown)
- Spouse:
Eva Laburn (nee Bell)
- Children:
James Bell Laburn, born 30.05.1914 & Eva Margaret Laburn, born December 1922
- Age at Death: 72
- Date of Death: 1956
- Place of Death:
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery:
More about John Small Laburn
As a child John attended Harris Academy. Prior to enlisting he was employed as a Post Office Telegraphist. Upon enlisting John was posted to France in January 1916 as a Telegraphist Sapper with the Royal Engineers.He remained on the Western Front through 1916/17.
After the Armistice in November 1918 he marched through France and Belgium into Germany to Duren near Cologne on December 15th where he remained all winter as part of the B.E.F. Occupying Force. He returned to Britain in April 1919 to the Royal Engineers base at Chatham, Kent and was discharged into the “Z” Reserves. Upon returning to Dundee from No1 Dispersal Unit, Kinross, and Resumed work with the Post Office as a Supervisor.
Information kindly supplied by John’s Great granddaughter Helen Whittle
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