Place of birth | Bowral, New South Wales |
School | Meckering State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Machine expert |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs LeNay, Meckering PO, Meckering, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 11th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/28/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Cross Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917). Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706, 25 May 1918; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 24 October 1918. Recommendation date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Heath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 4), Harbonnieres, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 63 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Louis and Esther LE NAY; husband of Kathleen LE NAY, The Grange, Marmion Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 4158 Pte Raymond LE NAY, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 September 1919. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |