Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
LEANE, Edwin Thomas |
Date of Birth |
25 August1867 |
Place of Birth |
Prospect |
Date of Death |
27th August 1928 |
Place of Death |
Camberwell, Vic |
Place of Burial |
Box Hill Cemetery, Vic |
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
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Lived in Prospect (dates) |
1867 to approx. 1900 |
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
Parent’s home 2 Rose Street, Prospect |
Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Lived in Sydney after 1901 Lived in WA at outbreak of WW1 Athelstone Street, Camberwell Vic. |
Names of houses (if any) |
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Parents |
Thomas John LEANE and Alice Ann SHORT |
Spouse(s) |
Katie Mary Walker MACHIN |
Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
15 June 1891 |
Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
St Paul’s Church, Adelaide |
Children |
8 children (only 7 confirmed) – one son died in France
in WW1 |
Education |
North Adelaide Public School, Whinham College |
Occupation(s) |
Bookkeeper and Insurance Manager before joining the
military Served in South African Boer War 1900-1901 Secretary Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Soc. Ltd. (Sydney) Military service 1914 – 1919 promoted to Colonel,
received many awards Appointed administrator of Norfolk Island in 1924, he
was officially commended for his administration but the Australian government
terminated his office in 1926 “because of his personality clashes with
prominent Norfolk Islanders”. Acting Administrator of the NT in Darwin |
Interests/Activities |
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Religion/Churches |
Church of England |
Notes (points of interest etc.) |
One of the famous “Fighting Leanes of Prospect” in WW1 He received many military awards. |
Sources of information |
Australian Dictionary of Biography, SA BMDs, Trove (bio
in Chronicle 1/9/1954) |
Principal Researcher |
Lesley Attema |
Photo source: |
Australian War Memorial P02136.001. |