LANE, Sydney
Service Number: | 1534 |
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Enlisted: | 27 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Westhoughton, England , 19 June 1890 |
Home Town: | Croydon, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
27 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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19 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1534, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' |
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19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1534, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1534, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1534 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16 |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE S. LANE.
Mrs. Lane, of Euston-terrace, Croydon, has been officially notified that her eldest son, Private Sydney Lane, was killed in action in France on August 16. He had his 26th birthday in the trenches." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 07 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)