Jack (Johnnie) LANE

LANE, Jack

    Service Number: 2175
    Enlisted: 13 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Healesville, Vic., 1894
    Home Town: Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: Coburg State School
    Occupation: Shipping Clerk
    Died: Phthisis, 3 June 1922, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2175, 23rd Infantry Battalion
    27 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2175, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    27 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2175, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of George Norreys & Melissa Victoria LANE of Balloan Street, Coburg

     

    Was engaged at Ypres, Poperinghe, Armentieres, Lille, Bapaume, Polygon Wood, Pozieres, Fleurs and was never out of any big action in which the Australians took part.  Returned home about 18th May 1919 and died 3rd June 1922 from Phthisis, contracted through being gassed on Active Service.

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