Their bodies are buried in peace; but their names liveth for evermore.
Their Duty Done
A tribute to the men and women of the East Gippsland Region who Died
as a result of their participation in World War One : 1914 - 1919
Lieutenant Clement Frederick Wills Lane - Omeo
Killed in Action 25 April 1915
….. came from fighting stock
Clement was born at the Church of England vicarage in Omeo on 28 April
1891 where his father was the parish minister and came from “fighting
stock”. One uncle had fought in the 1901 Boxer Rebellion in China and
another was decorated for services in the Boer War. Altogether there were
28 members of the extended Lane family serving in the armed and naval
services in WW1.
Before the war Lane held a commission in the Citizen Forces while he
clerked at Steel Brothers who were tea merchants in Melbourne. He
enlisted on 24 August and was quickly commissioned to Lieutenant with
the 6
th
Battalion and sailed with other East Gippslanders on the Hororata
on 19 October 1914. He was killed in action at the landing on 25 April and
like many others has no known grave but memorialised at Lone Pine on the
wall of remembrance. His brothers George and Tremayne both survived to
return to Australia in 1919.
