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LANG, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Palmerston North High School, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Wounds, At sea off Gallipoli, 13 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A29 Suevic | |
| 13 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Captain William Lang, of the Sixth Light Horse, was seriously wounded at tho Dardanelles on August 7. He left Sydney ns a lieutenant, having graduated from tho Duntroon College. Captain Lang, who is 22 years of age, is a son of Mr. J. T. Lang, late of Palmerston North, New Zealand, and now of Burwood, and prior to going to Duntroon was in the Justice Department of this State, and later in the office of the Queensland Insurance Co. Mr. Lang received advice today that Captain Lang had died of his wounds.
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