Family Name, First Names	LEANE, Raymond  Lionel (Sir)
Date of Birth	12 July 1878
Place of Birth	Adelaide, SA
Date of Death	25 June 1962
Place of Death	Plympton SA?
Place of Burial	Centennial Park Cemetery
Lived in Prospect (dates)
Addresses in Prospect	Parents home – 2 Rose Street, Prospect
Names of houses (if any)
Parents	Thomas John LEANE and Alice Ann SHORT
Spouse(s)	Edith Louise LAYBOURNE SMITH
Date(s) of Marriage(s)	14 June 1902
Place(s) of Marriage(s)	Christ Church Claremont WA
Children	Geoffrey Malcolm, Raymond Lionel Laybourne, Benjamin David Devine (twin), Allan William Henderson (twin)
Occupation(s)	Retail & Wholesale business in WA until 1914 Local Govt. Councillor in WA WW1 rose to Brigadier General in AIF May 1920 Chief Commissioner of Police in SA WW2 Commander Volunteer Defence Corps
Interests
Religion/Churches
Notes (points of interest etc.)	One of five sons known as “The Fighting Leanes of Prospect”. Five sons and 9 grandsons of Thomas Leane fought in WW1and WW2 Company commander of the 11th Infantry Captain Leane was reported to have been one of the first men ashore at Anzac and remained there until the evacuation. Knighted on his retirement from the Police Force in 1944
Sources of information	PLHG Newsletter No 11, Uni NSW Defence Force website, Aust Dictionary of Biography, Trove
Principal Researcher	Lesley Attema
Photo source	Australian War Memorial P02136.001.