LEANE, Allan Edwin
Service Number: | 2141 |
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Enlisted: | 22 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 4 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Poultry farmer/Insurance Inspector |
Died: | Died of wounds, Germany, 2 May 1917, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Burwood Memorial Arch, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
22 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2141, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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16 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
16 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
15 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
5 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
25 Apr 1917: | Wounded 48th Infantry Battalion | |
2 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-05-02 |
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"Mrs. Leane, of Wyalong-street, Burwood, has been officially informed that her husband, Lieut.-Colonel Edwin Thomas Leane, has been mentioned in despatches by General Sir Douglas Haig for "distinguished and gallant service and devotion to duty." She has also been advised that her son, Captain A. E. Leane, who was reported wounded and missing on April 11, was mentioned by the late Major-Goneral Holmes for "his gallant conduct and good leading on April 11." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 19 Jul 1917 (nla.gov.au)