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Percy Reginald LANE

Regimental number4519
Place of birthForest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationCellarman
Address138 Cecily Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Lane, 138 Cecily Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 March 1918
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death23.10
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLa Plus Souve Farm Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 8), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J.W. and Edith LANE, 30 Callan Street, Rozelle, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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