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| Keywords: The fighting Leanes of Prospect 1915 P02136-001.jpg The fighting Leanes of Prospect United Kingdom England Greater London London Studio portrait of five Leane brothers sons of Thomas and Alice Leane of Prospect SA <br> Left to right standing Major Benjamin Bennett Leane 1889-1917 48th Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Lionel Leane MC 1878-1962 11th Battalion 373 Warrant Officer 1 Ernest Albert Leane 1869- 27th Battalion Seated Major Edwin Thomas Leane 1867-1928 AIF Ordnance Service Major Allan William Leane 1872-1917 28th Battalion The Leane family became famous for their extraordinary wartime service During World War 1 every male member of military age offered himself for active service and was accepted <br> Edwin Thomas Leane's sons Allan Edwin Leane Geoffrey Paul Leane and Reuben Ernest Leane all served in the 48th Battalion His son Maxwell Leane served in the RAN Allan Edwin Leane died of wounds in 1917 Ernest Albert Leane's son Arnold Leane also served in the 27th Battalion and was killed in action in 1916 Raymond Leane was awarded the Military Cross for actions at Gaba Tepe Gallipoli on 4 May 1915 An action in which he led a successful attack on Turkish defences on 31 July 1915 led to the position becoming named Leane's Trench On 1 June 1918 Raymond was promoted to Brigadier General His outstanding war career and later service as a Police Commissioner led to a knighthood in 1944 Major Benjamin Bennett Leane was killed in action on 10 April 1917 Lieutenant Colonel Allan William Leane died of shrapnel wounds received at Delville Wood France on 4 January 1917 P02136 001 Donor M Taylor <br> Original uploader was Pdfpdf at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2010-04-19 1915-10 not stated commons PD-1923 100px File The fighting Leanes of Prospect 1915 P02136-001 jpg<br /> 100px File Raymond Leane 1918 E03668 jpg<br /> 100px File Raymond Leane 1918 E02401 jpg<br /> 100px File 12 Bn AWM P01436-003 jpg<br /> Original upload log en wikipedia Rcbutcher CommonsHelper en wikipedia The+fighting+Leanes+of+Prospect+1915+P02136-001 jpg 2010-04-19 13 04 Pdfpdf 338×450× 64526 bytes <nowiki> The fighting Leanes of Prospect - October 1915 ID number P02136 001 Object types ¢Black white; ¢Portrait Place made United Kingdom England Greater London London Date made c October 1915 Physical descripti</nowiki> World War I people of the Australian Army Leane People of South Australia Leane Black and white photographic portraits of men Leane ImageNote 1 31 60 50 63 338 450 2 Major Benjamin Bennett Leane 1889-1917 48th Battalion ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 146 30 61 67 338 450 2 Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Lionel Leane MC 1878-1962 11th Battalion ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 274 56 61 60 338 450 2 373 Warrant Officer 1 Ernest Albert Leane 1869- 27th Battalion ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 68 114 51 67 338 450 2 Major Edwin Thomas Leane 1867-1928 AIF Ordnance Service ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 236 128 60 64 338 450 2 Major Allan William Leane 1872-1917 28th Battalion ImageNoteEnd 5 | ||||
