Matthew Michael LANE

Regimental number7/863
Addressc/o Dalgliesh and McDonald, Hamilton
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mabel Lilian, Julia Lane, Takapuna, Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 19 Apimara on 14 February 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (NZ) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jeremiah & Bridget Lane; wife: Mabel L.J. Lane, Randolph Terrace, Lyttelton, Christchurch. Also served at Gallipoli
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Third

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