Regimental number | 3 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Adelaide South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Rudolph Terrace, Glenelg, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Phyllis Gwendolyn Leane, 18 Rudolph Terrace, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Orderly Room Sergeant |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Promotions |
Lieutenant Unit: 10th Battalion Promotion date: Lieutenant Unit: Camel Corps Promotion date: Temporary Captain Unit: 48th Battalion Promotion date: Captain Unit: 48th Battalion Promotion date: |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Unspecified Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29354, 5 November 1915; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 12, 27 January 1916. Recommendation date: Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107, 1 June 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61, 4 October 1917. Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. I), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 146 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Alice LEANE; Wife: Phyllis LEANE, Marlborough Road, Westbourne Park, South Australia |
Medals |
Order of the White Eagle - 5th Class (with swords (Serbia) Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brother: Colonel Raymond Lionel LEANE, 11th Bn, returned to Australia, 6 September 1919. |