Regimental number | 3146 |
Place of birth | Kempsey, Macleay River, New South Wales |
School | Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Cordialmaker |
Address | corner of Malvern Road and Osborn Avenue, East Malvern, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Charlotte A Lane, corner of Malvern Road and Osborn Avenue, East Malvern, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 45 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Christina LANE; husband of C. Addie LANE, Leongatha, Victoria. Native of New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 57th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916.Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1550307, 5389 Corporal L.A. HALL, 59th Bn (not 60th Bn, as on file) (patient, No 16 General Hospital, Le Treport), 10 November 1916: 'He was killed. I saw him lying dead and I took his disc and brought it in.' Second statement, 3515 Pte P. WICKHAM, 59th Bn, 2 May 1917: 'The last that I saw of T.A. Lane was wounded in hip about 200 yards from our trenches. I was next to him when he got wounded[;] that was the last I saw of him.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2445, LANE Thomas Arthur
Red Cross file 1550307 |