LANG, Frederick Henry
| Service Number: | 137 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Krambruk, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Apollo Bay, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Breaker |
| Died: | Meningitis, Colac, Victoria, Colac, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Colac General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Apollo Bay & District Roll of Honor WW1, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 137, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 137, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 137, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 4 Feb 1919: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 137, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 137 awm_unit: 22 Corps Light Horse awm_rank: awm_died_date: 1919-02-04 |
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Frederick Henry Lang was born to Frederich Johann Lange of Prussia Germany and Amelia Lutge born in South Australia
Frederick Henry LANG Regimental number 137 Place of birth Krambruk, Apollo Bay, Victoria School State School, Victoria Religion Methodist Occupation Horse Breaker Address Apollo Bay, Victoria Marital status Single Age at embarkation 25 Next of kin Father, F.J. Lang, Apollo Bay, Victoria Enlistment date 18 August 1914 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/9/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on 19 October 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 11th Light Horse Regiment Fate
Returned to Australia 8 October 1918 Age at death 29 Age at death from cemetery records 29 Place of burial Colac Cemetery (Portion Presbyterian, Row 14, Grave No. 25), Victoria Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 9 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records. He died of Menegitis shortly after his return to Australia
Son of John LANG. Native of Colac, Victoria Other details Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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