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LANGRISH, Gordon Granville
(Service number 12208)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date *1892 Place of Birth New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Hairdresser
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Annie Langrish (mother), Clyde Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 3rd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date 6 May 1916
Transport Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination London, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New ZealandRifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 26 June 1917 Age
Place of Death Begium
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Memorial Reference Messines Ridge(New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Mr George and Mrs Annie Langrish, of Hugh Street, Timaru.

Sources

Cenotaph database (October 2014)

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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