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Francis John KANE

Regimental number893
Place of birthLiverpool, England
SchoolCatholic School
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationChurch sacristan
Address237 Macrae Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs. Kane, Macrae Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name31st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot IV, Row L, Grave No. 4), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Augustus and Elizabeth KANE; husband of Janet KANE, 237 McCrae Street, Bendigo, Victoria. Native of Liverpool, England

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