LANGLEY, Robert Sanders
| Service Number: | 1665 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 10 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | McKenzie Creek State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Intestinal Haemorrhage following wounds received in action – G.S.W. to left knee. , 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England , 29 November 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1665, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1665, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Robert Sanders Langley was born at Horsham, Victoria on 10th January, 1886 to parents Warwick and Eliza Langley (nee Sanders).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th April, 1916 as a 30 year old, single, Farmer from St. Helen’s Plains, via Horsham, Victoria.
Private Robert Sanders Langley, Service number 1665, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Runic (A54) on 20th June, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements. He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital on 25th July, 1916 with Measles & discharged on 2nd August, 1916. Private Langley disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th August, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 18th August, 1916 Private Langley was transferred to 10th Training Depot at Larkhill, Wiltshire, England.
He proceeded overseas to France via Southampton on 22nd November, 1916.
Private Robert Sanders Langley was wounded in action on 12th October, 1917. He was admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance on 12th October, 1917 then transferred the same day to the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station. Private Langley was admitted to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 14th October, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to left knee. He embarked for England on 5th November, 1917 on Hospital Ship Grantully Castle.
[From the War Diary of 38th Battalion – 263 other ranks were wounded during these operations; 6 were killed & 99 missing. Officers were killed; 7 wounded & 2 missing]
On 6th November, 1917 Private Langley was admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England with G.S.W. to left knee - serious.
Private Robert Sanders Langley died on morning of 29th November, 1917 at 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England from Intestinal Haemorrhage following wounds received in action – G.S.W. to left knee. The Hospital Admissions form records the following: “Patient began to vomit several days before the end & suddenly went into collapse & died.”
He was buried in Botley Cemetery, Botley, Oxfordshire, England where 7 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/botley.html
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Robert Sanders Langley was born at Horsham, Victoria on 10th January, 1886 to parents Warwick and Eliza Langley (nee Sanders).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th April, 1916 as a 30 year old, single, Farmer from St. Helen’s Plains, via Horsham, Victoria.
Private Robert Sanders Langley, Service number 1665, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Runic (A54) on 20th June, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements. He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital on 25th July, 1916 with Measles & discharged on 2nd August, 1916. Private Langley disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th August, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 18th August, 1916 Private Langley was transferred to 10th Training Depot at Larkhill, Wiltshire, England.
He proceeded overseas to France via Southampton on 22nd November, 1916.
Private Robert Sanders Langley was wounded in action on 12th October, 1917. He was admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance on 12th October, 1917 then transferred the same day to the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station. Private Langley was admitted to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 14th October, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to left knee. He embarked for England on 5th November, 1917 on Hospital Ship Grantully Castle.
[From the War Diary of 38th Battalion – 263 other ranks were wounded during these operations; 6 were killed & 99 missing. Officers were killed; 7 wounded & 2 missing]
On 6th November, 1917 Private Langley was admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England with G.S.W. to left knee - serious.
Private Robert Sanders Langley died on morning of 29th November, 1917 at 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England from Intestinal Haemorrhage following wounds received in action – G.S.W. to left knee. The Hospital Admissions form records the following: “Patient began to vomit several days before the end & suddenly went into collapse & died.”
He was buried in Botley Cemetery, Botley, Oxfordshire, England where 7 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/botley.html
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