Alexander Millar KANE

Regimental number16894
OccupationPlumber
Next of kinMother, Mrs E L Kane, 14 New Bond Street, Glenmore, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 71 Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 19 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 2), Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth Adams Kane, Paerata, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 46355 Lance Corporal Joseph Edward Adams KANE, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 30 August 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 9

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