Patrick Francis LANGTON

LANGTON, Patrick Francis

Service Number: 1237
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Menin Road South Military Cemetery
Plot II, Row AI, Grave No. 25 INSCRIPTION HAVE MERCY UPON HIM, OH LORD , Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1237, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1237, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
16 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1237, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1237 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-16

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Age on arrival in Australia 5

1st Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 38 and the son of Patrick and Mary Langton, of 197, Belmont St., Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales. Wife, Mrs M C Langton, 'Bathurst', Avoca Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales.

Address-'Bathurst', Avoca Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales

 
Enlistment date 22 May 1916

Light Trench Mortar Battery, Reinforcement 2

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916.

Age at embarkation 36.

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