George LENAN

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Service Number:	406
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW Later promoted to Lance Corporal but date is not known
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Evansford, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Evansford, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Evansord State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, 29 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row C, Grave 6 Chaplain Rev. Power officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW Later promoted to Lance Corporal but date is not known
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, SN 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, SN 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SN 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli

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Son of Michael Lenan and Margaret Lenan nee Bourke of Evansford, Victoria

Brother of John Henry Lenan, William Lenan, Percival Lenan, Mary Catherine Lenan and Matilda Lenan

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He has been working in Sydney as a Tram Conductor for about 2 years prior to enlisting in the AIF