Name
Lionel William Lane
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/11/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
53rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TORREKEN FARM CEMETERY NO.1
B. 17.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
BRITISH I LIVED BRITISH I DIED IN DEFENCE OF HUMANITY
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
Lionel William Lane was born in Armidale, New South Wales, the son of Herbert and K E Lane of Armidale.
He was educated at Armidale Public School and worked as a business manager.
Wartime Service
He had previously served in the Cadets and when he enlisted on 16 December 1915, he was given the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the 53rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement.
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916. He served on the Western Front and was killed in action on 21 November 1917, age 24.
Additional Information
Mr H M Lane, Armadale, New South Wales, Australia, ordered his headstone inscription: "BRITISH I LIVED BRITISH I DIED IN DEFENCE OF HUMANITY" Step-Brother: Major Cyril Herbert D Lane, 18th Bn, killed in action, 29 August 1915. N.B. Digswell Memorial gives his battalion as 62nd but no one with the surname of Lane could be found in that battalion.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
