LANG, Arthur
| Service Numbers: | QX36090, Q125057 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18 Field Company RAE AMF |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1923 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1998, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19772062/arthur-lang |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Dec 1941: | Involvement Sapper, QX36090, also Q125057 | |
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| 5 Dec 1941: | Involvement Sapper, Q125057, also QX36090 | |
| 5 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 5 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX36090 | |
| 20 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, Q125057, Brisbane Fixed Defence Fortress Engineers | |
| 21 Jul 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, QX36090, Darwin Fortress Company Royal Australian Engineers | |
| 29 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, QX36090, 18 Field Company RAE AMF, embarked Brisbane for Morotai per USAT Sea Cat | |
| 13 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, QX36090, 18 Field Company RAE AMF, embarked Morotai for Borneo | |
| 19 Jan 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, QX36090, 18 Field Company RAE AMF, embarked Labuan to Brisbane per Eastern Prince | |
| 25 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX36090 | |
| 25 Jun 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur was the third of four children of James Martin Lang (b1878 in Scotland) and second wife Ada Dorothy Butler (b1898 in Gympie, QLD) James arrived in Brisbane QLD with his parents and siblings in 1888 on board the Roma. James worked on the Railways in Brisbane and Maryborough and in 1921 in Gympie, QLD he and Ada married in St Patrick's Church. They settled in Gympie where they raised their family.
Arthur was in Brisbane, QLD in December 1941 when he enlisted in the Army (Sapper; Service Nos:QX36090/Q125057). He was attached to 18 Field Coy when he was Discharged in June 1946.
Returning to Brisbane, Arthur worked as a Mechanic and in 1948 married Oriel Rosalind Medlin (b1926 in Mt Morgan, QLD). The couple settled in Brisbane until Oriel's death in 1952. Arthur then returned to Gympie where he lived with his mother Ada follwoing his father's death in 1963. Arthur worked as a Mail Officer in Gympie, where he died in 1998.
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