| Accession Number | P03251.027 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1918 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 4654 Private (Pte) Thomas Hunter (Tom) Langlands, 8th Australian Light Horse ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4654 Private (Pte) Thomas Hunter (Tom) Langlands, 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. One of seven brothers who served overseas variously in the First and Second World Wars, Pte Thomas Langlands enlisted on 3 January 1918 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard SS Port Darwin on 30 April. He served with the 8th Light Horse and returned to Australia on 3 July 1919. A stock dealer of Gundabrook Station, Via, Bourke, NSW, Tom Langlands reenlisted for the Second World War in Paddington, NSW on 10 January 1941 and served as NX67004 Corporal Langlands with the 2/31 Battalion in the Middle East. He briefly returned to Australia and following jungle training at Caboolture, Qld, embarked for New Guinea on 31 August 1942. Corporal Tom Langlands was killed in action on the road to Gona in New Guinea on 17 November 1942, aged 45.