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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)

LEANE,  Allan William

Date of Birth

11 May 1872

Place of Birth

Mount Gambier

Date of Death

4 January 1917 (WW1)

Place of Death

Delville Wood, France

Place of Burial

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France (Row A, Grave 5)

Lived in Prospect (dates)

Parents  home was at 2 Rose Street, Prospect

Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area

Birth until marriage

Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area

79 William Street, Perth and Kalgoorlie WA

(wife’s address)  Durham House, Hay Street, Perth WA

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Thomas John LEANE and Alice Ann SHORT

Spouse(s)

Fanny Blanche SCUTT

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

16 August 1895

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

St Paul’s Church Adelaide

Children

 

Education

 

Occupation(s)

From 1893 Lieutenant in SA Militia Force

Clark Pellew & Co, drapery

Mercantile and Indent agent in Perth

Interests/Activities

Military service

President of the bowling club in Kalgoorlie, WA

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.

The only wounds he received were the ones which caused his death

Local Government experience

 

Sources of information

SA BMDs, Trove (bio’s in WA newspapers Jan 1917), AIF Project website

Principal Researcher

Lesley Attema

Photo source:

Australian War Memorial P02136.001.

 

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