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Lieutenant John Gordon Laing

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-10-14
Place of birth: Dundas Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Peter Laing, Father, Box 293, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Date of death: 1917-11-10

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 475912
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
  2. Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
Commemoration location: Dundas Ontario War Memorial

Images

Postcard sent to R. F. Pirie from John Gordon Laing, 1915.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 509209
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5313-S045
Uploader's Notes: Original overseas unit 3rd University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field December 6, 1915. Struck off strength to the Canadian Engineers January 30, 1915. Also served under No. McG.1134.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps Machine Gun Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2007-04-17
Last modified: 2016-12-19