William Drane

1876-1955

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37512

Born in England

29 August 1876

Residence

Hometown

Featherston

Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Defence Force

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 78

19 April 1955

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 50/0035418, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

Anthony Byledbal, “William Drane (1876-1955)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/220