Colonel Edwin Thomas Leane

Ranks Held Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Colonel, Lieutenant
Final Rank Colonel
Units
  • Adjutant General's and Quartermaster's Branch
  • Australian Imperial Force
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 4th Imperial Bushmen
  • Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1919-04-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-07-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Collection items

    Media


    Portrait of Colonel E.T. Leane of the 12th Battalion, AIF. (Donor Captain L.M. Newton)

    Studio portrait of Major Granville James Stuart Down of St Kilda, Victoria. After enlisting ...

    Studio portrait of five of the six Leane brothers, sons of Thomas and Alice Leane of Prospect, ...

    Document


    Photostat copy of diaries of Benjamin Bennett Leane, 1915

    Photostat copy of diaries of Benjamin Bennett Leane, 1915-1916

Rolls

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    AIF Administrative Headquarters
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

    Unit
    4th Imperial Bushmen
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Colonel
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 48
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 878 at position 86

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8827 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1660 at position 98

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel
    London Gazette
    05 April 1919 on page 4525 at position 26
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 July 1919 on page 1171 at position 9

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Adjutant General's and Quartermaster's Branch
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Colonel
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6811 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 8

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6200 at position 32
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2055 at position 48

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 253 at position 21
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 36

Timeline

Date of embarkation 02 November 1914
Date of enlistment 26 July 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 03 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 September 1918
Date returned to Australia 18 July 1919

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