LANG, Kenneth Lindsay
| Service Number: | SX8664 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1940, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, SA, 20 September 1915 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Primary School, Norwood High School |
| Occupation: | Insurance Agent |
| Died: | 6 September 1990, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carinya Gardens Cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia Eucalypt 4, row S, plot 26 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX8664, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX8664, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
| 14 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX8664, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Only son of Mr and Mrs A.L. LANG of Mount Gambier. Married Miss Ella PANNELL of Mount Gambier on 24th December 1940 and was residing at 46a Wehl Street, Mount Gambier. Educated at Norwood Primary and High Schools, he was interested in tennis and was a member of the Norwood Colts Football Team (official sprigger for 3 years). Kenneth was also a committee-man and player of the Mount Gambier Band. In civilian life he was a representative for the M.L.C. Insurance Company. Enlisting in June 1940 he sailed for overseas in December 1940. Kenneth was a member of the 2nd/43rd Battalion Band and a stretcher bearer. He served in Tobruk for 7 months, and in Syria and Egypt where he was wounded in July 1942.
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