Clement Frederick Wills LANE

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LANE, Clement Frederick Wills

Service Number:	821
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Victoria, Australia , 28 May 1891
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong Grammar School; Carlton College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 25
Memorials:	Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 821, 6th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
1 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Wills Lane and Emily Lane of Rennie Street, Coburg, Victoria formerly of Omeo, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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