BIRD L.J.

Given Names:  Langridge James

Service Number: 

Unit:  22nd Battalion, HQ Staff                                                                                         

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

Paybook Number: 

Age:  21 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  168 Lbs

Chest:  34 In

Hair: 

Eyes: 

Complexion: 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/5/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:    Mrs A A Bird

307 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Victoria                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kanowna

Embarked:  14/1/1917                               

Disembarked:  8/3/1917

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  15/5/1917                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  22190

British War Medal:  13095

Victory Medal:  13804

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/1/1894

Place:  Carlton, Victoria                           

Father:  Alfred Arthur BIRD                      

Mother:  Elizabeth Ann DILLON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Alice Rebecca PARKER

DEATH

Date or Year: 24/8/1948                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 8/6/1916; gun shot wound, left leg (subsequently amputated)

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION