William Francis Langar OWEN KBE

OWEN, William Francis Langar

    Service Number: 8597
    Enlisted: 31 December 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
    Born: Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, 21 November 1899
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Student
    Died: St. Lukes Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, 31 March 1972, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8597, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    2 May 1916: Embarked Driver, 8597, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    2 May 1916: Involvement Driver, 8597, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    7 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 7th Field Company Engineers, From 1st Field Company Engineers
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 8597, 7th Field Company Engineers
    23 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 8597, 7th Field Company Engineers, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 29 May 1918
    4 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), From 7th Field Company Engineers
    15 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8597, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Langar Meade Loftus Owen and Mary Louisa Owen nee Dames Longworth of Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney. 

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1923c William married Joan B. Rolin in Woollahra, NSW

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