KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
FLYING OFFICER W. J. L. LAUCHLAN A casualty list published yesterday included the name of Flying Officer W. J. L. Lauchlan, Wellington, reported killed on active service. He was 31 years of age. the only son of the late Mr J. B. Lauchlan, Rakau road. Hataitai. A few years ago he went to Australia to try his fortune there, and when war broke out was managing a copra plantation near Rabaul, New Britain, for Burns, Philp and Co. He then returned to New Zealand, and enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was commissioned in November last year, and was till recently stationed in New Zealand. He was well known in cricket and golf circles in Wellington. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Iredale Trent, of Nelson, and her baby daughter, who was born at Nelson recently.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 22 October 1942, Page 4
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