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Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de William Winton Laing et Annie Brown McGregor Laing. Époux de Pearl Christina Laing de South Porcupine, Ontario.
Galerie numérique de Quartier-maître chauffeur John Mcgregor Laing
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur 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
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur John Mcgregor Laing
Newspaper Clipping Part 1. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur John Mcgregor Laing
Newspaper Clipping Part 2. Source: Hamilton Hamilton Spectator, May 29, 1945
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur 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.
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur 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/
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur John Mcgregor Laing
Galerie numérique de
Quartier-maître chauffeur 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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