William George LANG

Regimental number21029
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs J. Lang, Dannevirke
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 10th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitB Company, 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 18 October 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 25), Ligny-Thilloy, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John & Sarah Lang, Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay. Previously wounded.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 28