Regimental number | 29265 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Father, Frederick Lang, Saltwater Creek via Kaiapoi |
Rank on embarkation | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Spec. Mem. IX. AA. 16), Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick & Isabella Lang, Saltwater Creek, Canterbury |
Family/military connections | Brother: 29266 Lance Corporal John Deidrick LANG |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 9 |
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