LAING A.

Given Names:  Alexander

Service Number:  766

Unit:  23rd Battalion, D Company                                                                                     

Rank:  Lance Corporal                                                                                                    

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Age:  19 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Farmer                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¼ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey-Green

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alexander Laing

64 Eglinton Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  23rd Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lance Corporal

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  20286

British War Medal:  11226

Victory Medal:  11173

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Drouin, Victoria                            

Father:  Alexander LAING                       

Mother:  Isabella BROWN

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 7/11/1916                          

Place: 36th Casualty Clearing Station, France                                                          

Burial:  Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, France

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 7/11/1916 which resulted in death; shrapnel wounds to both legs; amputated

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 312244

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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