James Duncan LAING

Regimental number32862
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Charlotte Walker, Dipton, Southland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsGrevillers (NZ) Memorial, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Charlotte Walker (formerly Laing), Dipton, Southland, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 16

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