Alexander Joseph LANGFORD

Regimental number10041
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M. Langford, South Hillend, Southland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements (including Details to make up shortages in 10th Reinforcements), K Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis & Mary Langford, South Hillend, Southland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 19