Soldier profiles
Name : LANE, WILLIAM READE
Service Number : VX39126
Date of Birth : 18/04/1914
Place of Birth : BOMBALA, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 27/11/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : LANE, LESLIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : ATTACHED TO 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 11/05/1942
Date Died : 04/03/1974
Age at Death : 59
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6138427 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, AWM_3DRL/7919
Background : Died in Ringwood, Victoria. AWM has (id 3DRL/7919) diary - very brief - covering 5 days in March. Deals with embarkation on the Queen Mary, conditions on board. R.A.P. diary, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, for Feb - Mar 1941. Lane's recommendations re A.D.S. positions of H T "NN". Notes for medical officers aboard ship. Miscellaneous note.
