Clement Lane of Coburg dies at Gallipoli

Herald, 25 March 1915. The image shows Captain J.C. Stewart, Adjutant 5th Battalion, with a boat sunk in the Suez Canal. The caption reads 'The holes made by rifle bullets are plainly visible. Those of the crew who were not drowned were taken prisoner.' The photograph was supplied to the newspaper by Rev H.W. Lane, Rennie Street, Coburg. 

It is likely that Rev Lane's son Clement sent this photo home to his family. Lieutenant Clement Frederick Wills Lane, 6th Infantry Battalion, left Australia with the first contingent in October 1914.  

You can find more details about Clement Lane here on the Virtual War Memorial website. The photograph is courtesy Faithe Jones.

Clement Lane's was not a long war. A month to the day after the Herald published this photo, he was killed at the Anzac Landing. 

Roll of Honour Circular. Courtesy AWM.

He is remembered in the Memorial Avenue of Trees at Coburg Lake. 

Clement's brothers 3293 Sergeant George Gabriel Odiaone Lane and 36908 Gunner Tremayne Eustace Manley Lane served in France. George joined in February 1915 and served with the 6th Field Ambulance. Tremayne served with the Field Artillery Brigade, 29th Reinforcements and left Australia in November 1917. They both survived the war.