Henry Harris LANG 1847-1911 b. London, England
&
Elizabeth Jane PETERS 1851-1923 b. Merino, S-W Victoria, Australia

Henry Harris LANG 1847-1911 was b. London, England, son of William LANG & Wilmot HARRIS, arrived with his parents and siblings at Portland Bay, S-W Victoria, Australia in December 1856 on the "Severn" from England.

Elizabeth Jane PETERS 1851-1923 was b. 1851, Mocamboro Parish, near Merino, S-W Victoria, Australia, daughter of Alfred John (Wm?) PETERS & Jane Teresa INNES.

Henry Harris LANG & Elizabeth Jane PETERS were married in 1872 and had eight children from 1873 to 1889 at Merino, S-W Victoria.

Henry Harris LANG died at Merino in 1911 and was buried in the local Merino cemetery.

Elizabeth Jane LANG (PETERS) died at Warracknabeal in 1923 and was buried in the local Warracknabeal cemetery.

Henry Harris LANG & Elizabeth Jane PETERS had the following family...

1. Annie Wilmot LANG b. 1873, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1931, Melbourne, Vic., m. 1907 to George Douglas CLYNE 1880-1951 of Warracknabeal, Victoria.

2. Edith Jane LANG b. 1875, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1914, Melbourne, Vic., m. ? to William James LOWRY 1870-1953 of Smeaton, Victoria.

3. William John Peters LANG b. 1877, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1920, Melbourne, Vic., m. 1910 to Susan Grace McNAUGHTON 1878-1946 of Ballangeich, Victoria.

4. Walter Henry Harris LANG b. 1879, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1940, Melbourne, Vic., m. 1920 Beechworth, Vic., to Harriet Agnes MELLOR 1884-1963 of Chiltern, Victoria. WW1 service...
   • 1879 : born Merino, S-W Vic.
   • 1890s : Apprentice blacksmith "Illingworth Bros." Casterton, S-W Victoria
   • 1913 : Chiltern, Vic.
   • 1914 : Tasmania
   • 1914 Dec : Blacksmith, NSW
   • 1914 Dec : enlisted in the AIF, NSW (as Walter LONG)
   • 1915 Jun : Tpr 1051, 1st Light Horse Regiment, AIF, embarked
   • 1915 Oct-Nov : Tpr 1051, 1st Light Horse Regiment, AIF, service on Gallipoli
   • 1916-1919 : Tpr 1051, 1st Light Horse Regiment & Signals, AIF, Middle East service
   • 1919 Feb : Lt, Signals, AIF, promoted, Middle East
   • 1919 Aug : Lt, Signals, AIF, RTA, Sydney, Australia
   • NOTE : not on Merino War Memorial

5. Gertrude Mary LANG b. 1881, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1964, Ararat, Vic., m. 1905 to Joseph Leslie WHEELER 1880-1952 of Deniliquin, NSW, Coleraine & Warracknabeal, Vic.

6. Clara Elizabeth LANG b. 1884, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1943, Warracknabeal, Vic., m. 1910 to Andrew Murdoch LAMONT 1878-1937 of Rupanyup & Warracknabeal, Vic.

7. Linnette Ennis LANG b. 1887, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1947, Alexandra, N-E Vic., m. 1916 to Dugald Gillies McPHERSON 1881-1951 of Alexandra, N-E Vic.

8. Alfred Alexander Mair LANG b. 1889, Merino, S-W Victoria, d. 1943, Melbourne, Vic., m. 1919 Birmingham, England., to Edith JANSON 1894- ? of Birmingham, England. WW1 service...
   • 1889 : born Merino, S-W Vic.
   • 1914 August : Schoolteacher, Vic.
   • 1914 Aug : enlisted in the AIF, Melbourne Vic.
   • 1916 Jan : Spr 3508, 2nd Signals Company, AIF, embarked from Melbourne, Vic.
   • 1916 Apr : Spr 3508, 2nd Signals Company, AIF, Middle East.
   • 1917 Sep : Spr 3508, 2nd Signals Company, AIF, gassed in France.
   • 1917 Sep : Spr 3508, 2nd Signals Company, AIF, gassed admitted to hospital Birmingham, England.
   • 1919 Apr : Spr 3508, 2nd Signals Company, AIF, married Edith JANSON in Birmingham, England.
   • 1919 Apr : Spr 3508, AIF Headquarters, France.
   • 1919 Dec : Staff Sgt (temp) 3508, 2nd Signals Company, AIF, disembarked Melbourne, Vic. with wife Edith.
   • NOTE : not on Merino War Memorial