LANG, William
Service Number: | 145 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Ballarat, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
Born: | Blackwood, England , 1889 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Landsborough Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Landsborough Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 145, 2nd Field Ambulance, Ballarat, Vic. | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 145, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 145, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 145, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
16 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Field Ambulance, France | |
6 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 145, 2nd Field Ambulance, Third Ypres | |
27 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, (E. of Ypres) Great gallantry and devotion to duty under fire while in charge of Horse Ambulance Wagon.' Recommendation date: 11 October 1917 | |
21 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 145, 2nd Field Ambulance, RTA 13 October 1918 for discharge (TPE). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Richard John Beale enlisted and served under the name of William Lang.
Military Medal
'For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty while in charge of a Horse Ambulance Wagon at BELLEVARDE RIDGE, near YPRES, on 6th October 1917. When returning to BIRR CROSS ROADS with a load of wounded, a large shell landed on the wooden road just ahead of the team, and rendered the road impassable. Leaving his horses in charge of the orderly, he immediately set to work under heavy shell fire to rebuild the road, and after working for over half an hour he managed to make the road passable, and thus was enabled to evacuate his load of wounded. He displayed the greatest gallantry while on duty under shell fire, and although subjected to many difficulties and dangers, he managed by hard work and devotion to duty, to maintain this link in the line of evacuation of wounded of this Division.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918
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