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Thomas Selwyn LANG

Regimental number105
Place of birthSt Kilda, Victoria
Place of birthSt. Kilda, Victoria
SchoolHawthorn Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLamock Brown Hall, 66 Elizageth Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinMother, Mrs Louisia Annie Lang, 612 Malvern Road, East Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Boer War South Africa.
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularReceived Medal and Certificate for exemplary conduct at close of Boer War.
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death46
Age at death from cemetery records46
Place of burialRation Farm Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 9), La Chapelle d'Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
108
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Louisa LANG

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