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Full Name
William Laing
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
William
Surname
Laing
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
24/2236
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
Farmer
Next of Kin
Mrs D. Laing (mother), Bruce Road, Wereroa, Levin, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
5th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation Date
1 April 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
27
Page on Nominal Roll
6
Last Unit Served
Otago Infantry Regiment
Place of Death
Somme, France
Date of Death
1 October 1916
Year of Death
1916
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917