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LANG, John Joseph Jacob
Personal Details
Service Number: | 941 |
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Enlisted: | 28 February 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Rous Mill, NSW, 1896 |
Home Town: | Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballina Municipal Honour Roll, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank) Honor Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 941, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 941, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 941, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 941, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 941, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 941, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 941 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
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