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	\|commands = 1st Battalion, [[Sikh Light Infantry]]<br>16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		\|commands = 1st Battalion, [[Sikh Light Infantry]]<br />16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
	\|battles = [[Waziristan campaign (1936–39)]]<br>[[Second World War]]		\|battles = [[Waziristan campaign (1936–39)]]<br />[[Second World War]]
	\|awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]], [[Military Cross]], [[Mentioned in Dispatches]]		\|awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]], [[Military Cross]], [[Mentioned in Dispatches]]
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Maling was born in [[Timaru]], New Zealand and educated at [[Christ's College, Christchurch]].<ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5115691/Lt-Col-John-Maling.html Lt-Col John Maling.] ''[[The Daily Telegraph\|The Telegraph]]'', 6 April 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> He then attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and was commissioned in 1935.		Maling was born in [[Timaru]], New Zealand and educated at [[Christ's College, Christchurch]].<ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5115691/Lt-Col-John-Maling.html Lt-Col John Maling.] ''[[The Daily Telegraph\|The Telegraph]]'', 6 April 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> He then attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and was commissioned in 1935.

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	He served for a year with 1st Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] in India, before transferring to the 1st Battalion, (King George V's Own) [[11th Sikh Regiment]] of the Indian Army.<ref>[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC.] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527184346/http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ \|date=2015-05-27 }} The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–39)]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1937. In 1941 he became adjutant of a new regiment, the [[Sikh Light Infantry]], and saw active service with the unit during the [[Burma Campaign]]. He became acting Commanding Officer of the Sikh Light Infantry in April 1945, but was wounded shortly thereafter. He retook command of the regiment in June 1945, holding the position in 1947. On 20 September 1945 he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his actions in Burma.<ref name=Telegraph/>		He served for a year with 1st Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] in India, before transferring to the 1st Battalion, (King George V's Own) [[11th Sikh Regiment]] of the Indian Army.<ref name="Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC">[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC.] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527184346/http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ \|date=2015-05-27 }} The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–39)]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1937. In 1941 he became adjutant of a new regiment, the [[Sikh Light Infantry]], and saw active service with the unit during the [[Burma Campaign]]. He became acting Commanding Officer of the Sikh Light Infantry in April 1945, but was wounded shortly thereafter. He retook command of the regiment in June 1945, holding the position in 1947. On 20 September 1945 he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his actions in Burma.<ref name=Telegraph/>

	In 1948, he transferred to the [[Royal Artillery]]. Maling was a brigade major with the [[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division]], before serving with the 33rd Airborne Light Regiment in Egypt. In 1956 he became Commanding Officer of the 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, garrisoned in Cyprus. He retired from the army in 1959 and returned to New Zealand.<ref~~>[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/~~ Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC.] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527184346/http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ \|date=2015-05-27 }} The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</~~ref~~>		In 1948, he transferred to the [[Royal Artillery]]. Maling was a brigade major with the [[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division]], before serving with the 33rd Airborne Light Regiment in Egypt. In 1956 he became Commanding Officer of the 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, garrisoned in Cyprus. He retired from the army in 1959 and returned to New Zealand.<ref name="Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC"/>

	==Later career==		==Later career==

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{{distinguish|text=[[John Allan Maling]] MC of the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = John Maling
|image = John_Darwin_Maling.jpg
|caption =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|02|02|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Timaru]], New Zealand
|death_date = {{death date and age|2009|03|16|1915|02|02|df=yes}}
|death_place = New Zealand
|rank = [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]]
|serviceyears = 1935-1959
|allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch = {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Indian Army]]
|commands = 1st Battalion, [[Sikh Light Infantry]]<br>16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
|battles = [[Waziristan campaign (1936–39)]]<br>[[Second World War]]
|awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]], [[Military Cross]], [[Mentioned in Dispatches]]
}}
[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''John Darwin Maling''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Military Cross|MC]] (2 February 1915 – 16 March 2009) was a New Zealand born [[British Indian Army]] officer during the Second World War.

==Early life==
Maling was born in [[Timaru]], New Zealand and educated at [[Christ's College, Christchurch]].<ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5115691/Lt-Col-John-Maling.html Lt-Col John Maling.] ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 6 April 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> He then attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and was commissioned in 1935.

==Military career==
He served for a year with 1st Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] in India, before transferring to the 1st Battalion, (King George V's Own) [[11th Sikh Regiment]] of the Indian Army.<ref>[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527184346/http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ |date=2015-05-27 }} The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> He served in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–39)]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1937. In 1941 he became adjutant of a new regiment, the [[Sikh Light Infantry]], and saw active service with the unit during the [[Burma Campaign]]. He became acting Commanding Officer of the Sikh Light Infantry in April 1945, but was wounded shortly thereafter. He retook command of the regiment in June 1945, holding the position in 1947. On 20 September 1945 he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his actions in Burma.<ref name=Telegraph/>

In 1948, he transferred to the [[Royal Artillery]]. Maling was a brigade major with the [[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division]], before serving with the 33rd Airborne Light Regiment in Egypt. In 1956 he became Commanding Officer of the 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, garrisoned in Cyprus. He retired from the army in 1959 and returned to New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ Maling, John Darwin - DSO MC.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527184346/http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/have-you-a-tiger/record/66097/ |date=2015-05-27 }} The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref>

==Later career==
He worked for the [[New Zealand Security Intelligence Service]] from 1959 to 1981.<ref name=Telegraph/>

== References ==
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[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:New Zealand Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:New Zealand public servants]]
[[Category:New Zealand recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:People from Timaru]]
[[Category:Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Royal Artillery officers]]
[[Category:20th-century British Army personnel]]

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