Date of birth | |
Other Names | LEANE, Edmund Thomas |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Assurance manager |
Address | 'Hatherky', Wyalong Street, Burwood, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 47 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Katie Mary Walker Leane, Wyalong Street, Burwood, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Captain |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, H Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Colonel |
Unit from Nominal Roll | AIF Headquarters |
Promotions |
Lieutenant Colonel Unit: Staff HQ 1 Anzac Corps Promotion date: |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches 'For devotion to duty and conspicuously good service as D.A.D.O.S. of the Divn. from landing in France to August 1916.' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890, 2 January 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103, 29 June 1917. Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706, 25 May 1918; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165, 24 October 1918. Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089, 31 December 1918; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61, 23 May 1919. Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448, 11 July 1919; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124, 30 October 1919. CBE |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Croix de Guere (Belgium) Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91 Date: CBE Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brothers: [3] Major Benjamin Bennett LEANE, 48th Bn, killed in action, 10 April 1917; 373 WO 1 Ernest Albert LEANE, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, returned to Australia, 17 March 1920; Colonel Raymond Lionel LEANE, 11th Bn, returned to Australia, 6 September 1919; Lt Colonel Allan William LEANE, 28th Bn, died of wounds, 4 January 1917. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |