LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Coran Wilson LANG

Service No: 76139
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 14 October 1907
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1942
Unit: No. 10 Signals Unit, Port Moresby
Died: Ground Accident, Port Moresby, 11 May 1943, Aged 35 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William James Lang and Ihydas Myra Irene Lang; husband of Ivy Myrtle Lang, of Bundaberg, QueenslandRoll of Honour: Kingaroy QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 11 May 1943, Leading Aircraftman Lang, an Equipment Assistant, died of injuries received in a ground training accident when a hand grenade detonated.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 76139

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