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Lieutenant ELMER WINFRED DRAKE LAING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Drake Laing, and Annie Grace Laing. Native of Sydney. New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HIS ENGLISH AND FRENCH BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 373
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