Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Edwin Thomas Leane
Ancestor's date of birth: 25/08/1867
Ancestor's date of death: 27/08/1928
Cause of Death: Cancer
Service Number: Officer no number
Colony or State of enlistment: SA, Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Unit: South Australian Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: LT, Date Effective: Prior to deployment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): COL, Date Effective: 01/11/1918
Murray Page: 358
Contingent: 4th South Australian Contingent
Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal 3 clasps. Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette September 10th 1900. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, MID (3), CBE.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Patriotic Fervour
Details of service in war: June 1900 - June 1901 in Cape Colony including charge at Bakenkop (3 July 1900) and skirmish at Stinkhoutboom where three killed (24 July 1900), and in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt, and advance on Pietersburg and into east Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: Married Katie Mary Walker, worked as an assurance manager and lived in Burwood NSW, continued to serve in the Army. Enlisted 10 September 1914 as a captain in 12 Bn AIF, transferred to Ordnance Corps in Egypt. Served in Egypt and France, Major 20 April 1915, Lieutenant Colonel 9 December 1917, Colonel (temporary) 1 September 1918 on HQ AIF, France MID three times, CBE and Belgian Croix de Geurre. CLICK HERE for a detailed biography.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Robert Hagerty, Wakerley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Diane Christine Cox, née Hume-Cook, Grovedale VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Granddaughter
