Laurence Desmond Milne

1921 - 1996  (75 years)

• Name	Laurence Desmond Milne
  Birth	18 Mar 1921	Mt Gray, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Association	Carsbrook Cricket Club and was a Life Time Member
  Military Beginning	Between 1939 and 1948	NZEF WW11, New Zealand   [2]
  	NZEF:VOL 11:056280 MILNE Laurence Desmond, Pte Inf Bde, Single, Dunedin, Carpenters App, 17 Embo St, Kew, Dunedin- Miss JK Milne, Sister: 23rd NZ Battalion. Book published by Angus Ross; Official History of NZ in the 2nd WW 1939-45, 23rd Battalion. He was the 100th member of the NZ 2nd Battalion Scots.
  Death	13 Jun 1996	Queens Drive, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [3]
  Death Notice	15 Jun 1996	"Otago Daily Times", New Zealand   [4]
  	MILNE Laurence Desmond, (Des) 056280, Pvte, 23rd Batt, 2nd NZEF, of 15 Marama Street. - On June 13, 1996 (suddenly) at Dunedin; aged 75 years. Loved husband of Isabel, loved father and father in law of Gay and Robert Gardner, John and Bernadette (Invercargill), loved grandfather of Scott and Carl Gardner and Sara Jane Milne. A service for Des will be held in the Musselburgh Presbyterian Church, Queens Drive at 2pm on Monday, June 17, followed by private cremation. Hope and Sons Ltd, Funeral Directors MILNE, Laurence Desmond (Des) Loved brother in law of Adam and Mavis Scott, June and Jack Clark, Neil Scott, Margaret and the late Bob Scott, Vera and Graham Bryant, Ruby and Peter Blewden, and loved Uncle Des to all his nieces and nephews.
  Cremation	17 Jun 1996	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [5]
  	Ashes buried in Family Plot 16 Nov 1996
  Person ID	I297	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Mother	Jane Kirkland Milne,   b. 1904, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. Sep 1985, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Gardner Laird Scott,   b. 3 Feb 1926, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 3 Feb 2007, Ings Memorial Home, 9 Mitchell Avenue, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Engaged	May 1947	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  Marriage	27 Sep 1947	Caversham Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [6]
  Number of Children	2 children, still living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Engaged - May 1947 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), Folio No 3221, June Qtr. [S16] NZEF Enlistment Records: NZEF WW1 & 2, NZEF:VOL 11:056280. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), NZ Online Database: 1996/ 36122 DOB 18 March 1921. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, Otago Daily Times, Dunedin - 15 June 1996. [S3] NZSG, NZ Cemetery Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand & Online Council Databases; Date: 1988;), Dunedin City Council Online Database: Ashes to Family Plot 16 Nov 1996 Block 114 Plot 80. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), Folio No 12338.