LANGTON, Patrick Francis
Service Number: | 1237 |
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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 |
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: '' | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.