LANG, John
| Service Number: | QX11215 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballina, NSW, Australia, 14 April 1904 |
| Home Town: | Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Presbyterian Missionary |
| Died: | Illness, Thailand, 23 August 1943, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A2. C. 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX11215 | |
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| 1 Jul 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, QX11215, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX11215, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX11215, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Marion Lang nee McInnes; husband of Marjorie Lang nee Leees, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
LOVED HUSBAND OF MARJORIE, FATHER OF BEVERLEY & ROSLYN...SADLY MISSED
Scoutmaster in Cloncurry.
Cause of death Colitis
Survived by his wife Marion and twin daughters Beverley and Roslyn.
Survived by his sisters Mrs Doris Suttle, Mrs Myrtle Phillips, Mrs Edna Reay, Mrs Marie Whitehead and brothers Prosper, Eric, James, Robert and Desmond Lang.
It is with great regret that we record the nes of the death in a prison camp of Private John Lang, stationed for a short period in Cloncurry as minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was popular with all denominations and will be remembered by the citizens of Cloncurry for his youth Welfare Word. He re0organised the local Boy Scout troop, being Scoutmaster during his term in the town. He also organised a Social Club for the youth of all religious demoninations, social evenings being held at regular intervals in the club rooms attached to the Presbyterian Church. Ping Pong contests being a feature of these evenings of great interest to the youth of the town.
He left Cloncurry in 1940, having enlisted as a private in the 2nd A.I.F. setting aside the safe role of a Padre to shoulder a gun for King and Country. A dexcendant of Dr. John Dunmore Lang, who was ever a fighter and overcame almost insurmountable difficulties in the building and founding of the first Presbyterian Church in Australia, Rev. John Lang might well be termed "The fighting Parson"
Subsequent to his enlistment his marriage took place in Toowoomba, his twin daughters being born shortly before he left Australia.
He was captured by the enemy at the fall of Malaya and one can imagine John Lang endevouring to assist and fortify his fellow prisoners in his own courageous manner. Maybe as a soldier in the ranks he could still carry on with his right calling, and have many opportunities of manifesting his love for mankind.
The citizens of Cloncurry extend to his widow and daughters their sincere sympathy, and mourn with them the passing of a great soul who loved an died in the service of his Master.