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LANGRISH, Sydney Barnard
(Service number 629)

Aliases	Syd
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	15 August 1887	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	5 September 1914	Age	25 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Cordial manufacturer
Previous Military Experience	Timaru City Rifles - one year
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	G. E. LANGRISH (father), Clive Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Force	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	2nd Light Horse
Date
Transport
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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Wounded

Post-war Occupations

Lift attendant

Death

Date	1 January 1952	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Greenslopes Military Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sydney Barnard Langrish, known as Syd, was the sixth son of of George Edward and Annie (née Gordon) Langrish. Born on 15 August 1887 at Timaru and baptised on 19 October at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Timaru, he was educated at Waimataitai School. About 1912 Sydney went to Australia. On 5 September 1914 at Brisbane, Queensland, he enlisted with the 2nd Light Horse of the Australian Imperial Force. He was 25 years 1 month old and had served one year with the Timaru City Rifles. A cordial manufacturer and single, he named his father as next-of-kin – G. E. Langrish, Clive Street, Timaru, New Zealand.

After his return to Australia, Sydney married Eliza Morrice Brown (Ella). Syd Langrish also saw service in World War II. He died on 1 January 1952 at Greenslopes Military Hospital, Brisbane, aged 63. A photograph of Private S. B. Langrish was published in The Queenslander Pictorial on 19 June 1915.

Four brothers – William George Langrish, James Grant Langrish, Timaru Frank Langrish and Gordon Granville Langrish – served with the New Zealand Forces in World War I, both Timaru and Gordon being killed in action in France, Timaru in 1916 and Gordon in 1917. Clifford Wallace Langrish was called up in 1917.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 April 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [15 April 2020]; Australia Death Index (ancestry.com.au) [17 April 2020]; St Mary’s Timaru Baptism record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [17 April 2020]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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