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LANG, John Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6045 |
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Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Uranquinty, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Warraquil West State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Ypres, Belgium, 27 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Plot 11, Row H, Grave 8 Headstone inscription reads: While you lie in peaceful sleep your memory we will ever keep, Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Netherby Baker State School Roll of Honor, The Rock War Memorial, Uranquinty War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6045, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6045, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6045, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
21 Jun 1917: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
27 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
27 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 6045, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6045 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-27 | |
27 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 6045, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Multiple bullet wounds |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Hamlyn Lang and Mary Lang of 'Wyadra' Uranquinty, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal