Elmer Winfrid Drake LAING MC

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LAING, Elmer Winfrid Drake

Service Number:	940
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Previous military service: Served in the Citizen Military Forces, 88th Battalion.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1892
Home Town:	West Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Forest School, England, and Marburg, Germany
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, Strazeele, Northern France, 8 May 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Borre British Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 23
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 940, 12th Infantry Battalion, Previous military service: Served in the Citizen Military Forces, 88th Battalion.
20 Sep 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 940, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 940, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 940, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW thigh
1 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
12 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 940, 12th Infantry Battalion, GSW nose and left hand at Le Barque, France
29 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Battle for Pozières , Conspicuous gallantry & coolness between the 23-25 June in leading his platoon in the Pozieres attack. Also assisted with the recovery of wounded.

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Notes:
C.E. W. Bean 'The Story of Anzac', vol. 1, f/n 53, p. 272, gives date of birth as 19 February 1892. 'Letters herewith showing first in Pozieres for which the MC. Letters may be of historical interest - copies only, originals could be shown to authorized person.' (Father)

AIF ProjectL Age at death 26

Age at death from cemetery records 25

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