KINANE, Lawrence
| Service Number: | 2538 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tipperary, Ireland, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, No. 3 New Zealand Hospital at Codford, England , United Kingdom, 6 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tingalpa Shire Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2538, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2538, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2538, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Died on this date - 6th January........Private Lawrence Kinane was born at Tipperary, County Cork, Ireland. He came to Australia when he was 18 years old & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 10th June, 1916 as a 20 year old Labourer from Brisbane, Queensland.
Private Kinane embarked from Brisbane on 19th September, 1916 & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 9th December, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
Private Kinane was marched in to 13th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire. He was admitted sick to Camp Hospital on 26th December, 1916 then transferred to No. 3 New Zealand Hospital at Codford on 6th January, 1917.
Private Lawrence Kinane died at 11.55 p.m. on 6th January, 1917 at No. 3 New Zealand Hospital at Codford of Broncho pneumonia. He was buried in St. Mary's New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire where 30 other Australian WW1 Soldiers & 66 WW1 New Zealand Soldiers are buried.
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