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.