Private

John Forret Laing

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas Laing, of Wester, Kilmany, Dundee, Scotland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6/3377
Name:
John Forret Laing
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
T. Laing (father), New Mills, Upai, Fifeshire, Scotland
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of Scott, Brookside, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 3 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 November 1917
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XL. G. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
John Forret Laing
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