LAING D.McL.

Given Names:  Duncan McLaren

Service Number:  2224

Unit:  57th Battalion, 4th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  23 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/4/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alexander Laing

64 Eglinton Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  1/8/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orsova A67

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Marathon                                        

Embarked:  15/4/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:   23/9/1918                                    

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  51464

Victory Medal:  50438

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Drouin, Victoria                            

Father:  Alexander LAING                       

Mother:  Isabella BROWN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Barbara Fraser SPIERS

DEATH

Date or Year: 1967                                 

Place: Preston, Victoria                           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 26/9/1917; gun shot wound, right hand & leg (fingers amputated)

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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