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KANE, Louis Patrick
(Service number 28890)

Aliases	Birth registered as Patrick Louis KANE
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	2nd Lieutenant

Birth

Date	27/08/1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	24 April 1916	Age	21 years
Address at Enlistment	Charles Street, Timaru
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment (still serving)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	P. KANE (father), 7Charles Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 34-37½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 August 1919	Reason	Struck off strength of N.Z.E.F.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	5 September 1971	Age	81 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 7 September 1971
Memorial or Cemetery	Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 3, Plot 483
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Louis Patrick KANE was the son of Patrick and Johanna (Hanna/h née McAULIFFE) KANE. Louis was employed as a clerk with the Timaru Herald. Brother of Joseph Aloysius KANE, and cousin of Anthony Patrick Kane, Michael Joseph Kane and Patrick John Kane who also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 January 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0062476) [17 January 2016], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5948 0362480) [17 January 2016]; Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, burial records (Christchurch City Council) [18 January 2016]; Timaru Herald, 7 September 1971 (Timaru District Library) [18 January 2016]

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