Victor Laney

1877-1940

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37470

About

Born

14 April 1877
Parents

Mother

Sarah Laney

Father

Charles Laney

Settled in New Zealand

1901
Live

Hometown

Murchison
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Own
Life

Marital Status

Widower

Army Experience

  • 13th Aldershot Light Infantry

    5 years in the United Kingdom

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 63

    7 June 1940

    Sources

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

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 117/0066122, Military Personnel File.

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

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Victor Laney (1877-1940)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/466