Joseph Edward Adams KANE

Regimental number46355
OccupationContractor
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Kane, 14 New Bond Street, Kingsland, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 11), near Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth Adams (formerly Kane), Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, and the late James Kane. His brother also fell
Family/military connectionsBrother: 16894 Pte Alexander Millar KANE, 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 19 December 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 5