LAING J.B.

Given Names:  John Bruce Cooper

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Unit:  5th Battalion, 13th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  23 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Private Secretary                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  131 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alexander Adamson Laing

Sir William Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  29/12/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Demosthenes A64

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ascanius

Embarked:  9/12/1919                               

Disembarked:  3/4/1919

Unit:  57th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  27/6/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  31275

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:    Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  3/2/1892

Place:  Essendon, Victoria                       

Father:  Alexander Adamson LAING         

Mother:  Mary Cooper BRUCE

MARRIAGE

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Spouse: Muriel McIVER

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/7/1967                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered debility in 1916

Military Cross recommendation dated 19/2/1917 for coolness and resource controlling his party in the enemy trench east of Gueudecourt on the night of 14/2/1917

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Scotch College

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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