John Thomas LANE

LANE, John Thomas

Service Number: 2656
Enlisted: 7 June 1916, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Kirkstall, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1889
Home Town: Kirkstall, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Complications after surgery for Appenicitis, Port Fairy Hospital, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1939, aged 49 years
Cemetery: Tower Hill (Koroit) Civil Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

7 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2656, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
18 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2656, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2656, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James LANE and Isabelle Annie LANE nee PATEMAN of Kirkstall, Victoria.

Married Miss Lillian May Lewis, of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire on 4th February 1918 at the Parish Church, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.