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LANGRISH, Timaru Frank
(Service number 24/1105)

Victory Medals awarded to TF & GG Langrish
St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010
Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation
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 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship D Company
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Munganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua, or Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Rifle Brigrade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

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 24 Sept 1916 Age
Place of Death Somme, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France
Memorial Reference I.H. 12
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of George Edward Langrish and Annie langrish of Hugh Street., Timaru. Played for Zingari. Employee of Ferguson & Co., Motor and Carriage Builders, presented with a wristlet watch.

Sources

Cenotaph database (October 2014); NZ Historical BDM records (bdmhistoricalrecords,dai.govt.nz); Timary Herald 25 Sept 1914 & 26 May 1915 (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/)

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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