LANGLEY, GEORGE FURNER

Book of Remembrance entry

LANGLEY, GEORGE FURNER 1911.
Melb. H.S.; Teachers' Coll.; Dip. Ed.; Capt. of College; Teacher Williamstown H.S.
December 1914, Pte.; 2/Lt. 24.3.15; sailed 8.5.15 with 21st Btn.; Lieut. August 1915; Gallipoli, Capt., 2.9.15 till evacuation; wounded on torpedoed Southland; transf. Imperial Camel Corps 26.1.16, commanding No. 4 Coy.; Senussi Campaign March-August 1916; in September given command of 1st Anzac Btn. I.C.C.; Sinai and Palestine campaigns, T/Major 10.9.16; Major 1.11.16; Lieut.-Col. 24.1.17; to command 14th L.H.R. on disbanding of Aust. units of I.C.C. 1.7.18; Jaffa and Damascus September- October 1918; temp. command of 5th L.H. Bde. December 1918 till disembarkation; wounded second time 27.3.18. Awarded D.S.O. 8.3.19; Serbian Order of White Eagle August-September 1916; Despatches four times, 9.7.16, 2

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1891

Birth in Port Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1 May 1891
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Early education at Melbourne High School, Murphy Street, South Yarra, VIC, Australia
1914

Tertiary education at Melbourne Teachers College, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1914
1914

Military service as Private 1 December 1914
1914

Teacher at Mansfield -- Vic., Australia 1914
1917

Military award: Serbian Order of the White Eagle on 1917
1919

Military service 1 November 1919
1920

Headmaster at Mansfield -- Vic., Australia 1920
1924

Headmaster at Allansford -- VIC, Australia 1924
1926

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1926
1940

Headmaster at Bendigo -Bendigo High School- VIC, Australia 1940
1946

Headmaster at Mordialloc -- VIC, Australia 1946
1948

Headmaster at Box Hill -- VIC, Australia 1948
1949

Headmaster at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1949
1958

Appointed C.B.E. 1958
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Teacher at Williamstown -- VIC, Australia
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Member of Victorian High School Headmasters' Association
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Member of Australian College of Education
1971

Death in Killara -- NSW, Australia 24 August 1971

Gender

Male