Ernest Gordon Poyndester LANGLEY

Regimental number10/48
Date of birth1 July 1886
Place of birthIndiA
OccupationBushfeller
Addressc/o Berkahn and Son, Waione
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.1
Height5' 7.75"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinEdgar Langley, 114 Gondburn Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Richmond Rifles, Militia, Victoria, Australia; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 76), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Major E.J.F. Langley, DSO
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing, 27 April 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Killed in action, 27 April 1915.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18058805