Arthur Langley was born on 06 October 1880[1] in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia as the eleventh child of Charles Langley and Emma Shergold. He had twelve siblings, namely: Clara Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary Ann, Charles Henry, Emma, Thomas Henry, William, Amy Jane, John Charles, George, Eva, and Robert.

When he was 26, Arthur joined up with the mounted police in the old Moore Park barracks.

When he was 29, Arthur married Florance Martha MacDonald,daughter of Robert MacDonald and Ellen, on 24 November 1909[2] in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

Arthur Langley and Florance Martha MacDonald had the following children:

1. Eunice Daphne Langley was born on 23 September 1910 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia. She married Roydon Oswald Young in 1945 in Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia. Eunice died on 01 August 2004 in New South Wales, Australia.

2. Joyce Heather Langley was born on 08 April 1912 in Drake, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 01 October 2006 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

3. Jack Stuart Langley was born on 01 November 1913 in Chatsworth Island, New South Wales, Australia. He married Hilda Mary Bonomi in 1943 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. Jack died on 02 December 1996 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia.

4. Arthur Neville Charles Langley was born on 23 May 1915 in Chatsworth Island, New South Wales, Australia. He married Joyce Ellington in 1940 in Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia. Arthur died in 1973 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

5. Hazel Hope Langley was born on 25 March 1919 in Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia. She married Ronald William Noble in 1943 in Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia. Hazel died on 07 December 2004 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

6. Bruce Langley .

7. Dorothy Florence Langley .

8. Elva Mary Langley. She married Samuel William Snape in 1944 in Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia.

Sergeant Arthur Langley was the officer in charge of Mayfield police station for 41/2  years. He was in the force for 33 years.

Florance died on 28 May 1942[3] in Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, age 55.

Arthur died on 23 June 1964[4] in Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, age 83.

Citations:

1. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 24384/1880

2. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 10849/1909

3. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 10964/1942

4. NSW Registry Of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 19244/1964

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LATE SOCIAL NOTES - Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Saturday 27 November 1909 p 12 Article

On the 21th instant the Methodist Church. Newrybar, was the scene of a very pretty wedding, when Miss Florence only daughter of Mr. J. M'Donald, Bangalow, was united to Mr. A. Langley, of Grafton. The church had been prettily decorated by girl friends of the bride. The bride, who was given away by her father, was becomingly attired in a cream silk voile, anil wore a pretty crinoline straw hat trimmed with white silk, daisies and maidenhair fern. Miss Belle Rankin, who acted as bridesmaid, wore a cream, crystalline dress. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a gold brooch. Mr. C. McDonald acted as best man. Mr. And Mrs. Langley left by the evening train en route for Grafton, their future home, the bride wearing a very pretty dress of dove-grey voile. Prior to the ceremony the choir sang "The Voice that breathed o'er Eden." And subsequently Miss Daisy Barnes, who acted as organist played "The Wedding March."

UNUSUAL AUCTION SALE - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Thursday 7 March 1935 p 8 Article

UNUSUAL AUCTION SALE.- Newcastle's most unusual auction sale, which takes place once each year, is to be held on Saturday morning. The sale, which is hell in the quadrangle at the rear of the Newcastle Police Station, will comprise all tile odds and ends--quite a few of them of considerable value-which have been lost or stolen since a similar sale was held under the same circumstances 12 months ago. The auctioneer will be Sergeant Arthur Langley, part of whose job during the rest of the year is to prevent people from selling stolen property. Unlike many other sales, the police auction is without reserve. If no more than 1/ is offered for a film tank, which is among the prospective bargains, it will be sold for that price. Suitcases, footwear, toilet requistes, clothing, bicycles, tools, jewellery, books, a telescope, and even a box of healdache powders and a tin of asthma cure will be offered for sale on thie same condition. Requests for "time to pay," however, will fall on deaf ears.

AFTER 33 YEARS Sergeant Langley to Retire EXPERIENCES ON NORTH COAST - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Saturday 18 November 1939 p 12

AFTER 33 YEARS Sergeant Langley to Retire - EXPERIENCES ON NORTH COAST - Sergeant A. Langley, officer in charge of Mayfield police station, has entered on accumulated leave prior to retirement next October, after 33 years service. He has worked in the Newcastle district for the last 12 1/2 years. Prior to that he had an interesting and varied career in the mounted police branch, mostly on the Norlth Coast. Routine dairy inspections were freely sprinkled, especially in the early days, with cattle thieving and criminal cases, calling for long journeys through bush country. His longest was a 70-mile trip, by car and horseback, to recover the "body" of a suicide, which turned out to be a gigolo doll suspended on a piece of string, seen by a well intentioned resident of the locality, who, looking through a window in the half light, mistook it for the body of a man who had hanged himself. No one likes carrying bodies 70 miles, so Sergeant Langley did not complain, but the Police Department wrote an impressive cheque for the transport costs for him and the coroner-doctor who went along to pronounce life extinct.

He was a witness of the Murwillumbah fire, when every building in the town was gutted, the only remnants being the walls of the police station cells, and the bank safes, which were guarded by the police for days.

Sergeant Langley was born at Bellawongarah, on the South Coast. After farming for some years, he joined up with the mounted police in the old Moore Park barracks, at the age of 26. His first move was to Bangalow, on the Richmondl River. He was appointed officer in charge of his first station at Chatsworth Island, on the Clarence River, after short terms at North and South Grafton, Glen Innes, and twice at Drake. He recovered with difficulty from an attack of rheumatic fever, plus two complications after spending days in a rowing boat carrying out rescue work in the 1917 floods at Ulmarra, and then, after serving at Lismore for some years, was transferred to Newcastle in 1927. He has been at Mayfield, in charge, for the last four and a half years.

Sergeant and Mrs. Langley entertained the Mayfield station staff at their home on Thursday night, to express appreciation of their loyalty to him. The Divisional Superintendent (Mr. J. W. White), Inspector Jones, senior inspector at Newcastle, and Mr. R. Cameron, M.L.A., were among others who attended.

SERGEANT LANGLEY Presentation at Mayfield - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Monday 20 November 1939 p 5 Article

SERGEANT LANGLEY - Presentation at Mayfield Sergeant A. Langley officer in charge of Mayfield police station, who is to retire, was entertained with Mrs. Langley in the Presbyterian school hall, Mayfield, on Saturday night. Rev. W. G. Reekie presented Sergeant Langley with a fountain pen. He said that Sergeant Langley had done excellent work in Mayfield, and would be greatly missed. Mrs. T. Boyd presented Mrs. Langley with a bouquet. Sergeant Langley said that he had made many friends at Mayfield, and hoped to continue to live there in retirement. Father MacNamara, parish priest at Mayfield, paid a tribute to Sergeant Langley at the week-end. "Sergeant Langley has been a very great help to the Catholics of this parish during his time here," he said.

OBITUARY MRS. F. M. LANGLEY - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Saturday 27 June 1942 p 6 Article

OBITUARY - MRS. F. M. LANGLEY - Mrs Florance Martha Langley died at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. She was 56. Mrs. Lang- ly was the wife of Mr. Arthur Langley, retired sergeant of police who is known throughout the North Coast and Newcastle districts. She was born at Bega in 1885, and lived with her parents. the late Mr. And Mrs. J. R. McDonald, at Bangalow. before her marriage. The service at Mayfield Methodist Church was conducted by Rev.Silas Bembrick, assisted by Rev. S. W. Bonner, of Hamilton, a friend of the family. The funeral took place to the Methodist portion of Sandgate cemetery headed by members of the Retired Police Association, who formed a guard of houour in front of Mayfield Police Station. which was the home of Mrs. Langley from 1931 till her husband's retirement in 1940. Six members of the Newcastle district police force were pall-bearers. The service at the graveside was read by Revs. Bembrick, Bonner, and W.G. Reekie. Mrs. Langley is survived by her husband, five daughter, Misses Eunice Joyce. Dorothy, Hazel, and Bonnie Langley and three sons, Messrs. Jack (Lismore). Neville and Bruce Langley (Newcastle).

Obituary FLORENCE MARTHA LANGLEY - The Methodist (Sydney, NSW : 1892 - 1954) Saturday 4 July 1942 p 12 Article

Obituary - FLORENCE MARTHA LANGLEY - Florence Martha McDonald was born at Bega on 17th July, 1885. Her forbears were godly people and had a flair for religion. Their daughter had a selective instinct for the things which were lovely and of good report. Her grandfather (a staunch free churchman from Scotland) linked up with our church in Kiama. In his Bible class in the Sunday School he played some part in influencing the lives of Sir W. Cullen, Sir Joseph Carruthers, Dr. Carruthers, Revs. W. H. and Joseph Beale, W. and Benjamin Dinning. Miss McDonald was married to Sergeant Arthur Langley by the Rev. L. Peacock in our Newrybar Methodist Church on the 24th November, 1909. It was the first marriage in the new church. Eight children (three sons and five daughters) were born to them, all of whom survive. Mrs. Langley loved children and was happy when surrounded by them. She served as organist in the old Bangalow Church for a period. Her best work was done in the home.. Her influence there was incalculable, and her husband and family rise up to call her blessed. The end of her earthly life came with numbing rapidity. After two or three days in the hospital, on Thursday, 28th May, she went to her reward. A service was held in the Mayfield Methodist Church on 30th May. This was largely attended. The Rev. Silas Bembrick, Chairman of the District, presided. The Rev. S. W. Bonnor, of Hamilton, gave the address. The body was, taken later to the Beresfield Crematorium. Nearly 100 floral tokens were sent in. Her influence abides and she, being dead, yet speaketh.

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