Joseph William LAING MM

LAING, Joseph William

    Service Number: 463
    Enlisted: 18 July 1915
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, December 1890
    Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Memorials: Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, Allocated to 5th Division (30th Battalion)
    18 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    1 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 30th Infantry Battalion
    22 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , SW left buttock
    20 Jul 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 30th Infantry Battalion
    29 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", SW left thigh
    14 Mar 1919: Honoured Military Medal, During the minor operation carried out by the 8th Australian Infantry Brigade South West of MORLANCOURT on night of 28th/29th July 1918 this N.C.O. rendered valuable service. he was in charge of a carrying party attached to a mobile mortar, his task was to carry Stokes shells forward moving with the second wave of the attack. Midway across 'No Man's Land' his party suffered casualties under the enemy barrage. Although wounded Corporal LAING stuck to his task, kept his party together and got his ammunition to the newly captured position, thus materially assisting in the consolidation. He has since been evacuated owing to his wounds
    18 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 463, 30th Infantry Battalion

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