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LAING, Alexander Wallace

Service Number:	27940
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Jondaryan, Queensland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Jondaryan, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Frechencourt Communal Cemetery Row A, Grave 7, Frechencourt Communal Cemetery, Frechencourt, Amiens, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial, Jondaryan Honour Board, Oakey War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 27940, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 27940, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 27940, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 27940 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William Wallace and Johanna T. LAING. Native of Jondaryan, Queensland.