LAING H.F.

Given Names:  Herbert Francis Arthur

Service Number:  253

Unit:  3rd Field Company Engineers; 1st reinforcements                                                    

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  19 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  151 Lbs

Chest:  33¼-35¼ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/9/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  H. Laing

131 Fitzwilliam Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  22/12/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Berrima A35

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Sonoma 

Embarked:  1/12/1918                               

Disembarked:  18/1/1919

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  22/3/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  5760

British War Medal:  6990

Victory Medal:  6937

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/12/1894

Place:  Launceston, Tasmania                  

Father:            

Mother:   

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:  England

Spouse: Kate Alison MEADWAY

DEATH

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Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 2/5/1915; gun shot wound

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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