LANGFORD, Ernest Harold
(Service number 8/3662)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 09/11/1894 | Place of Birth | Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 177 Castle Street, Dunedin | ||
| Occupation | Railway clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | A. T. LANGFORD (father), Store, Winchester | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 30 November 1971 | Age | 74years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Waikuemete, Auckland; ashes interred Taita Cemetery, Lower Hutt | ||
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Biographical Notes
Ernest Harold Langford was the son of Thomas Alfred and Fanny Jane (née Waitt) Langford. He was educated at Richmond School in Christchurch, transferring to Winchester School when the family moved in August 1909.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 May 2018]; Timaru Herald, 29 November 1918 (Papers Past) [22 May 2018]; School Admission records. Waikumete Cremations and Taita Cemetery records.
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