Edwin Hutton LANE

Regimental number6/2685
Date of birth2 February 1895
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
Address289 Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9.5"
Weight173 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs L.H. Lane, 28 Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in No 3 Field Ambulance, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date19 April 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 27 Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 December 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bar (NZ) Memorial (Panel 13), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ethel Montgomerie Lane, 36 Carlton Mill Road, Christchurch, and the late Lancelot Hannibal Lane
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn, Mudros, 30 September 1915.

Killed in action, 18 December 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Sixth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 18058662