LANGE, Arthur John Henry
(Service number 58549)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 05/08/1881 | Place of Birth | New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Crown Hotel, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Next of Kin | Charles LANGE (brother), Msonic Hotel, Christchurch | ||
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 | 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 October 1959 | Age | 78 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Arthur John Henry Lange was the seventh child of John Andrew (Johan Andreas) Lange, of Sweden, and Fanny née Kortegast. His father died in 1886 at Hokitika, leaving Fanny with five or six young children. In 1889 Fanny married Carl Harry Thomas Schultheis. Carl died in 1896 and Fanny herself, died in 1913 at Christchurch. Arthur was educated at Greymouth and West Christchurch schools. He was a billiard saloon keeper at Timaru when he was called up. On 25 June 1917, he left with men from the South Canterbury military district for camp. Arthur married Jessie McKenzie Caldwell in 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 October 2019]; Timaru Herald, 25 June 1917 (Papers Past) [15 May 2014]
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