George Langley, as Brigadier, Commanding Officer 1st (Australian) Battalion Imperial Camel Corps and 14th Light Horse Regiment, December 1916 - January 1919 [memoirs]

Places	Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Beirut Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Syria, Damascus
Accession Number	S04815
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	54 min 21 sec
Object type	Memoir
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK SA60
Maker	Langley, George Furner
Date made	c1960s
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

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Brigadier George Langley DSO, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion (Australian) Imperial Camel Corps, and Commanding Officer of the 14th Light Horse Regiment, December 1916 - January 1919 [memoirs]. Brigadier Langley talks about Lawrence of Arabia in Damascus and Beirut; mentions Newcombe and Colonel Joyce working with Lawrence; speaks of travelling to Gallipoli as reinforcements on the transport ship Southland, and of being torpedoed. Brigadier Langley married Edmee Mary Plunkett in December 1918 in Cairo. Edmee Plunkett was secretary to Lord Edward Cecil, with the Egyptian Government, and also speaks of meeting Lawrence during the recording.

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