Peter Lalor's Grandson and Great Grandson - killed in WW1 and WW2.
Captain Joseph Peter Lalor, the Melbourne-born grandson of Peter Lalor, leader of the 1854 Eureka Stockade insurrection, is commemorated by a Special Memorial in Baby 700 Cemetery @ Gallipoli. A professional soldier, Captain Lalor had joined the Royal Navy, from which he later deserted. He then served in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria and in a South American revolution before joining the permanent military forces in Australia in August 1914. At 8.30am on 25 April 1915, Captain Lalor led his men in an advance up Baby 700. Against all regulations, he carried with him a treasured family sword, the hilt of which was wrapped in khaki cloth to prevent it glistening in the sun. The sword was lost but has been looked for for many years by the Turkish and Australian Governments. Lalor got the furtherest inland.
Captain Lalor was survived by his widow, Hester, and infant son, Peter, who during World War II served as a parachutist with the 4th Brigade Parachute Brigade attached to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (UK). Twenty-eight-year old Rifleman Lalor died on 11 September 1943 following the Allied invasion of the Italian mainland and is buried in the Bari War Cemetery, Italy.
Captain Joseph Peter Lalor, the Melbourne-born grandson of Peter Lalor, leader of the 1854 Eureka Stockade insurrection, is commemorated by a Special Memorial in Baby 700 Cemetery @ Gallipoli. A professional soldier, Captain Lalor had joined the Royal Navy, from which he later deserted. He then served in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria and in a South American revolution before joining the permanent military forces in Australia in August 1914. At 8.30am on 25 April 1915, Captain Lalor led his men in an advance up Baby 700. Against all regulations, he carried with him a treasured family sword, the hilt of which was wrapped in khaki cloth to prevent it glistening in the sun. The sword was lost but has been looked for for many years by the Turkish and Australian Governments. Lalor got the furtherest inland.
Captain Lalor was survived by his widow, Hester, and infant son, Peter, who during World War II served as a parachutist with the 4th Brigade Parachute Brigade attached to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (UK). Twenty-eight-year old Rifleman Lalor died on 11 September 1943 following the Allied invasion of the Italian mainland and is buried in the Bari War Cemetery, Italy.