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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.)

 

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)

 

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

 

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.

 

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