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LETHLEAN, Linton Leigh

Service Number:	58
Enlisted:	3 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	1st Division Engineers
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 18 April 1892
Home Town:	Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailmaker
Died:	6 November 1931, aged 39 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Newmarket Baptist Church Honour Roll, Oakleigh Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Methodist Church Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic.
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 58, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 58, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 58, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Gallipoli
2 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Field Company Engineers, France
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 58, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières
14 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1st Division Engineers , Headquarters, France
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 58, 1st Division Engineers , Third Ypres
1 Jan 1918:	Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), 'He took part in the landing on GALLIPOLI and did excellent work, acting as Company Sergeant Major from July until November, 1915. After LONE PINE had been captured he directed the traffic, which was fast becoming a chaos, to an from the trenches taken. Later on he superintended the laying and firing of charges in LONE PINE tunnel where excellent results were obtained. Prior to the evacuation he laid several mines in the vicinity of LEANES trenches. At GEBEL HABIETA. As Section Sergeant he did excellent work and again at FLEURBAIX where he was made C.S.M. At POZIERES he was in the front line of trenches with the O.C. and again did admirable work. He enlisted in September, 1914, and has never been away from the Company. At all times he has performed his duties in a creditable and praiseworthy manner.'
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 58, 1st Division Engineers , German Spring Offensive 1918
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 58, 1st Division Engineers , "The Last Hundred Days"
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 58, 1st Division Engineers , RTA 23 October 1918 and discharged (TPE).

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