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LAING, James William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5803 |
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Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Leichardt Public School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 December 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers Plot 1, Row B, Grave 32 Headstone inscription reads: A beautiful memory left behind and duty nobly done, Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5803, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5803, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5803, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William D. and Isabella Laing of 59 Macauley Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
First page of Attestation paper states he enlisted on the 3 January 1916 but later in the Attestation paper it states that the enlistment date was 17 January 1916
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal