Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Nigel Marshall Laing Born 18 December 1918 - Died 4 January 2007 PDF Key details Service numberWWII 458414 AWMM Malaya 31128 AWMM Also known asTubby AWMM Nigel AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankMajor/Military AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 AWMM Regular Military Service AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesNigel Marshall AWMM SurnameLaing AWMM Ingoa Also known asTubby AWMM Nigel AWMM Service numberWWII 458414 AWMM Malaya 31128 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionAnglican, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth18 December 1918 AWMM Dargaville, Northland AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW2 Ruawai AWMM WW2 Ruawai AWMM WW2 Ruawai AWMM Jayforce Ruawai AWMM Post war occupationManager Canterbury University Students Hostel/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationWW2 Mr J.M. Laing (father), Ruawai, New Zealand AWMM WW2 Mr J.M. Laing (father), Ruawai, New Zealand AWMM WW2 Mrs O.E.M. Laing (wife), c/o Prim. School, Te Awamutu AWMM Jayforce Mrs O.E.M. Laing (wife), C/o Burnham Military Camp AWMM Relationship statusSingle/WWII AWMM Single/WWII AWMM Married/WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 AWMM Regular Military Service AWMM CampaignFanning Island AWMM Pacific AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWII 458414 AWMM Malaya 31128 AWMM Military serviceNew Zealand Territorial Force AWMM Fijian Infantry Regiment AWMM Burnham Military Camp AWMM Instructor AWMM Trentham Military Camp AWMM Instructor AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.224 Regular Forces soldier 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.224 Pahautanui, Wellington Region 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.224 WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.79 Regular Forces soldier 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.79 Pahautanui, Wellington Region 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.79 Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was HMS Leander AWMM 1 Platoon, A Company Gillespie, The Pacific WW2 Warrant Officer Class 2 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.224 Infantry Brigade 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.224 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 2nd Embarkation AWMM WW2 Second Lieutenant 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.54 Infantry Brigade 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.54 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 3rd Embarkation AWMM WW2 Lieutenant/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.79 Infantry Reinforcements 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.79 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 4th Embarkation AWMM Jayforce Temporary Lieutenant 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.73 Headquarters, Base 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.73 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Jayforce AWMM 5th Embarkation AWMM Malaya Vessel was Captain Cook AWMM Captain/Military Nom Roll 2NZ Reg New Zealand Regiment, 2 Battalion, Headquarters Nom Roll 2NZ Reg British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve AWMM 6th Embarkation AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankMajor/Military AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Posted to Fanning Island with a detachment protecting the communications cable shortly before WW2According to Marjorie Traill, a friend, Nigel was initially a territorial, then joined the regular force and was serving in New Zealand at the outbreak of WW2.His first posting overseas to Fanning Island in the Pacific area to protect the communication cable, was as a regular soldier at the start of WW2.With the mass recruiting for WW2 underway he was an instructor at Trentham, then Burnham.Husband of Olive M; father of Donald, Briar.Posted to Dunedin as a regimental sergeant major to the Otago Regiment at age 23In 1942 he joined 8th reinforcements at Burnham and posted to Fiji, commissioned with rank as Lieutenant. He did active service in the Pacific returning to Fiji in 1945.Briefly worked as instructor at Burnham before transferred to Jayforce in 1946 and spent 15 months in Japan on postwar reconstructionOn return to NZ he specialised in stores work, with 5 years as quartermaster at Waiouru before returning to Burnham as accounting officer.In 1959 posted to Malaya, Taiping (1959-1961) 2 Battalion, 2nd Regiment as Quarter Master with the rank of Captain. Served there for 2 years and promoted to MajorReturned to Burnham in 1961 and became 2nd in command of the base.Retired from Burnham Military Camp with the rank of Major in 1973 with 35 consecutive years of serviceGave wrong age to enlist with territorials. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death4 January 2007 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryAll Saint's Churchyard, Prebbleton, Selwyn District, Canterbury AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryObituary: Christchurch Press 20 January 2007 p. D18Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 6 January 2007 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Nigel Marshall Laing by laying a poppy. Millar Laing Morton Robert Filmer Laing Nigel Marshall Laing Noel Alexander Laing Percy Harold Laing Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Nigel Marshall Laing Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External links DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.224 AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.54 AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.79 AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.73 AWMM Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM Overseas postings and forces - New Zealand Force for Malaya Far East land forces - Officers, 1957-1971, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AD-W6W2564 36 part 3. AWMM Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. AWMM Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
