LENAN, George
| Service Number: | 406 |
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| 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, 15 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Evansford, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Evansford State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 29 May 1915, aged 24 years |
| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW Later promoted to Lance Corporal but date is not known | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 29 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 406, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 406 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George LENAN (Service Number 406) was born on 15th July 1890 at Evansford near Ballarat, Victoria. He first worked for the NSW Tramways as a casual conductor in Sydney from 9th December 1911. The next year he became permanent.
On 11th October 1914 hewas released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces.
Lenan had enlisted at Rosehill a fortnight earlier, giving his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘Tramway’. He nominated his father, Michael, who was still living in Evansford as his next of kin. He was allotted to the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion. He embarked on HMAT ‘Ulysses’ at Melbourne and left Australia on 22nd December 1914. At some stage Lenan was promoted to Lance Corporal. After further training he embarked at Alexandria for passage to Gallipoli where he landed on Anzac Day or soon after.
Lenan was killed in action at Gallipoli on 29th May 1915. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac, which is about 400 yards SE of Anzac Cove. The chaplain was Rev Power.
Lenan’s parents wrote to their local member, Sir A J Peacock, the Premier of Victoria, expecting that his authority would goad the military into giving details of his death. Even the Premier could not obtain any details.
As a result of his service his mother, Margaret, was granted a pension of £2 per fortnight.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.