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Son of William Winton Laing and Annie Brown McGregor Laing; husband of Pearl Christina Laing, of South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
Leading Stoker JOHN MCGREGOR LAING was one of four members of the crew of HMCS Matane who were killed when the frigate was struck by a glider bomb, launched by a Dornier 217, in the Bay of Biscay, South of the Brest Peninsula on July 20, 1944. Details apparently were not released to the press until May 29, 1945. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
Newspaper Clipping Part 1. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
Newspaper Clipping Part 2. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
An account of the life on board HMCS Matane and of the attack on the frigate on July 20, 1944 as told by crew member Martin Bondy. Part 1. Source: Windsor (Ontario) Historical Society. Veterans¿ Memories Project.
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
An account of the life on board HMCS Matane and of the attack on the frigate on July 20, 1944 as told by crew member Martin Bondy. Part 2. Source: Windsor (Ontario) Historical Society. Veterans¿ Memories Project. http://www.windsorhistoricalsociety.com/
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
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Leading Stoker John Mcgregor Laing
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Leading Stoker JOHN MCGREGOR LAING was one of four members of the crew of HMCS Matane who were killed when the frigate was struck by a glider bomb, launched by a Dornier 217, in the Bay of Biscay, South of the Brest Peninsula on July 20, 1944. Details apparently were not released to the press until May 29, 1945. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
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Newspaper Clipping Part 1. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
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Newspaper Clipping Part 2. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
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An account of the life on board HMCS Matane and of the attack on the frigate on July 20, 1944 as told by crew member Martin Bondy. Part 1. Source: Windsor (Ontario) Historical Society. Veterans¿ Memories Project.
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An account of the life on board HMCS Matane and of the attack on the frigate on July 20, 1944 as told by crew member Martin Bondy. Part 2. Source: Windsor (Ontario) Historical Society. Veterans¿ Memories Project. http://www.windsorhistoricalsociety.com/
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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