Albert Llewellyn LANG

LANG, Albert Llewellyn

Service Numbers: 618, 4900
Enlisted: 22 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company
Born: Prospect Hill, South Australia, 1887
Home Town: Meadows, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm labourer
Died: Natural causes, Fullerton, South Australia, 14 September 1951
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Section: KO, Road: 20, Site No: 50
Memorials: Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell Mitchellville Honour Roll, Meadows Boys Roll of Honour, Meadows War Memorial, Prospect Hill Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

22 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 618, Keswick, South Australia
31 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 618, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 618, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 618, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4900, 2nd Divisional Signal Company

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Biography

Private Albert Llewellyn Lang, the 3rd child of Richard Lang and Rhoda Harvey, was born at Prospect Hill, South Australia. He was 28 years old and a farm labourer at the time of his attestation on 23 February 1915 at Keswick, South Australia. He served in France as a Driver in the 2nd Divisional Signal Company. He returned to Australia in 1919 and died at Fullarton, South Australia, on 14 September 1951. Albert never married and had no children.