| Service number | VX133472, V64877 |
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| Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Second Lieutenant |
| Birth Date | 1891-05-01 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne |
| Death Date | 1971-08-24 |
| Death Place | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Final Rank | Brigadier |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Published in London Gazette in 1919-10-04 Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-12 Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-22 Published in London Gazette in 1920-06-11 Published in London Gazette in 1917-02-15 Published in London Gazette in 1916-09-25 Published in London Gazette in 1919-03-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-12-14 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-09-02 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-07-25 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-01-29 |
Brigadier George Furner Langley
Collection items
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Camel Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 12 January 1918 on page 803 at position 4
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 17 June 1919 on page 1009 at position 10
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 15 February 1917 on page 1607 at position 9
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 25 July 1917 on page 1543 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 11 June 1920 on page 6452 at position 12
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 02 September 1920 on page 1145 at position 4
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 25 September 1916 on page 9340 at position 15
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 14 December 1916 on page 3385 at position 31
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 22 January 1919 on page 1165 at position 8
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 May 1919 on page 895 at position 92
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 04 October 1919 on page 12233 at position 5
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 17 June 1919 on page 1010 at position 23
Timeline
| Date of birth | 01 May 1891 | |
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| Date commissioned | 24 March 1915 | |
| Date of enlistment | 24 March 1915 | |
| WW1 Service 1 | 24 March 1915 | 2lieutenant 21st bn |
| Date of embarkation | 10 May 1915 | |
| WW1 Service 2 | 25 August 1915 | lieutenant |
| WW1 Service 3 | 02 September 1915 | captain |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 1916 | |
| WW1 Service 6 | 01 November 1916 | major |
| Other units | 1916-12-01 - 1918-06-30 | Commanding Officer of the 1st (Australia) Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. |
| WW1 Service 7 | 24 January 1917 | lieutenant colonel |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 1918 | |
| WW1 Service 8 | 01 July 1918 | commanding officer 14th Light Horseregiment |
| Other units | 1918-07-01 - 1919-01-01 | Commanding Officer of the 14th Light Horse Regiment. |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 03 September 1918 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 06 September 1918 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 10 October 1918 | |
| WW1 Service 9 | 1919-01-15 - 1919-07-24 | administering command 5th Light HorseBri |
| Date returned to Australia | 24 July 1919 | |
| Date returned to Australia | 24 July 1919 | |
| WW1 Service 10 | 02 November 1919 | demobilised |
| Interwar Service 1 | 01 January 1920 | lieutenant colonel Reserve of Officers |
| Interwar Service 2 | 01 July 1920 | commanding officer 20th Light Horseregiment |
| Interwar Service 3 | 18 August 1924 | Unattached List |
| Interwar Service 4 | 01 January 1925 | commanding officer 4th Light Horse |
| Interwar Service 5 | 01 January 1929 | Unattached List |
| Interwar Service 6 | 01 January 1934 | Reserve of Officers |
| Career summary 2 | 30 September 1940 | commanding officer 38th battalion |
| Appointment | 1940-09-30 - 1942-02-16 | Battalion: 38th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: Reserve of Officers ; Reason for end of appointment: promotion field command: 2nd Brigade |
| Career summary 3 | 01 May 1941 | seconded administering command 6th Brigade |
| Career summary 4 | 1941-08-06 - 1941-09-17 | course Command & Staff School Dun |
| Career summary 5 | 22 September 1941 | seconded general service officer grade 1 Headquarters 4thDivision |
| Career summary 6 | 24 December 1941 | general service officer grade 1 Southern Comd Headquarters |
| Career summary 7 | 24 January 1942 | G1 3rdDivision |
| Career summary 8 | 16 February 1942 | relinquished command 38th battalion |
| Career summary 9 | 06 April 1942 | temporary brigadier, commander 2nd Brigade |
| Career summary 10 | 1942-06-28 - 1942-07-13 | attached 13th Brigade Headquar |
| Career summary 12 | 01 September 1942 | enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 13 | 14 January 1944 | attached Headquarters Darwin Fortress Comd 7 dec 43- |
| Career summary 14 | 15 January 1944 | medical downgrade Class B |
| Career summary 15 | 21 January 1944 | relinquished command 2nd Brigade |
| Career summary 16 | 10 March 1944 | honourary brigadier Reserve of Officers |
| Career summary 17 | 04 July 1944 | ED |
| Date of death | 24 August 1971 | |
| Career summary 1 | Reserve of Officers | |
| Career summary 11 | course RAAF School of Army Co-Op c.Jul | |
| Career summary 18 | *** NO ACTIVE SERVICE *** | |
| Served | 1914-1918 Command: WWI 1st Bn ICC; Service: | |
| WW1 Service 4 | seconded ICC | |
| WW1 Service 5 | temporary major commanding officer 1st battalion ICC |
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