Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: James Circuit Langley

Ancestor's date of birth: 18/06/1877

Ancestor's date of death: 26/09/1955

Cause of Death: Age Related

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Born in Aberdeen Scotland, was working in an office in Melbourne prior to enlistment.

Service Number: 395

Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne

Unit: 4^th Victorian Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 1901

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): CPL, Date Effective: 08/12/1917

Murray Page: 269

Contingent: Fourth Victorian

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Rhodesia, Transvaal, Cape Colony and SA 1901 clasps. British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Height 180 cm, weight 80 kg.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: May 1900 - June 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal, Cape Colony under Henniker including relief of Philipstown (11 February 1901), capture of Boer guns at Read's Drift (23 February), and capture of Boer patrol near Doornkloof (1 March 1901); possibly did garrison duty in Rhodesia.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 12 July 1901 on the Orient. Married Evelyn, worked as an accountant, lived in Melbourne. Enlisted in the AIF (60th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement - No 3425) on 12 March 1917. Saw service in France. Returned to Australia 24 August 1918. Did make corporal, but had reverted to private prior to discharge.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: John Daniel Cullen, Noble Park North VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grandson on my mothers side

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