LANGHORN(E), Arnold Edward
| Service Number: | 829 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gordons, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, February 1889 |
| Home Town: | Maiden Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1973 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria 4th Ave Wall Niches (North Side), Wall 1, Section X, Niche 93 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 829, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 829, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 829, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 829, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW knee and fractured tibia. | |
| 27 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 829, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Suname recorded as Langhorn in all records yet the soldier clearly signed his name, Langhorne with an "e" on the Attestation Papers.
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of William Dennis LANGHORNE and Mary Grace nee MacKENEY, Dunder Street, St. Arnaud, Vic.
Biography contributed by Larna Malone
Arnold Edward Langhorne was born in Gordons, near Ballarat, the son of William Denis & Mary Grace Langhorne, of St Arnaud. He signed his name ‘Langhorne’, but his Service Record gives his name as ‘Langhorn’. Arnold lived in Maiden Gully, Bendigo, was 25 years & 6 months old, and was employed as a Labourer. He had no previous military experience. He Enlisted on 20/8/14 and arrived at Broadmeadows Camp the following day. He was allotted Service no.829 and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915. Arnold Edward Langhorne was Wounded during the Landing, sustaining a Gunshot wound to the knee and a fractured tibia.
He RTA M.U. on 5/7/15.
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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