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Cyril John Laing

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Cyril John Laing 1922 - 2001 Memorial PlaqueBlock: RSA, Row 201, Plot Number: 22, Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril John AWMM
  • Surname
    Laing AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Cyril Joseph AWMM
  • Service number
    • Korea 206628 AWMM
    • WWII 6984 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Date of birth
    23 May 1922 Public - Allan - Researcher - 19 January 2021 - BDM Registers
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Service

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served with the Royal New Zealand Navy - Able Seaman 6984, from the 15 April 1943 to 26 March 1946 on defensively equipped merchant ships and Minesweepers. Enlisted with the Kayforce 3rd Reinforcements, Embarked on Wanganella on the 31 Jan 1952 for Sydney. Marched in to Glenfield Military Camp, Sydney. Embarked at Sydney on the Troopship MV Devonshire on 5 March 1952 for Kure, Japan, arrived 18 March 1952. Disembarked Korea 12 April 1953. Served with 16th Field Regiment . Emplaned Iwakuni 24 October 1953 for return to New Zealand, deplaned 28 October 1953 from TEAL flight via Sydney. (Chamberlain, 238).

    In the New Zealand Korea Roll name is Cyril Joesph Laing, on Cemetery Record from Manawatu District Council name is Cyril John Laing. AWMM
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Death

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    12 October 2001 Manawatu District Council
    Age 79 AWMM
    Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui Manawatu District Council
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  • Cemetery
    Plot 22, Row 201. RSA Block. Feilding Cemetery AWMM
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Sources

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    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
      p.238 AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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29 February 2024TevitaAustraliaDirect descendant
19 January 2021AllanFeildingResearcher

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