Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Melbourne, Vic. September 1914. Group portrait of members of the 1st Divisional Engineers (Div Engrs) Headquarters (HQ) and of the 2nd Field Company (Fd Coy) and 3rd Fd Coy, at the Engineer Depot, Alexandra Avenue. Sapper L L Lethlean is in the back row, far right. Marnie W K 2nd Cpl 157 is in the back row 2nd from the left. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A03531/
Lethlean L Cpl 58 Linton Leigh 2 FCE 22 Sailmaker Single Meth
Address: Oakleigh, Logie St
Next of Kin: Lethlean, Alec, Logie St, Oakleigh
cnr Emo and Ardrie Rds, East Malvern (by 30 June 1916)
Enlisted: 1 Sep 1914
Embarked: A3 Orvieto 21 Oct 1914
Awards: Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), 1917
In the 1914 Electoral Roll Lethlean was living in Barracks, Swan Island, occupation soldier.
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Recommendation for Meritorious Service Medal, 1916
CSM Linton Leigh Lethlean, 2 Field Co Engineers
He took part in the landing on GALLIPOLI and did excellent work, acting as Company Sergeant Major from July until November 1915. After LONE PINE had been captured he directed the traffic which was fast becoming chaos, to and from the trenches taken. Later on he superintended the laying & firing of charges LP [Lone Pine?] tunnel 3 where excellent results were obtained. Prior to the evacuation in the vicinity of LEANES TRENCHES. At GEBEL HABIETA, as section sergeant he did excellent work and against FLEURBAIX where he was made CSM. At POZIERES he was in the first line of trenches with the OC and again did admirable work. He enlisted in September 1914 and has never been away from the Company. At all times he has performed his duties in a creditable and praiseworthy manner.
This medal was not awarded to Lethlean at this time.
https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068582--33-.pdf
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Citation for MSM:
Warrant Officer (Class 1) Linton Leigh Lethlean
From 28th February to data this warrant officer has been in charge of Divisional R.E. Dumps. On the Somme during the period of the German evacuation of LE BARQUE and THILLOY in February and early March he did great service in supervising the forwarding of R E stores under arduous circumstances. Again during and after the attack on HERMES and DEMICOURT on 8th April When there was a serious lack of transport for R.E. stores he was instrumental in forwarding stores to the front line under adverse conditions.
26 September 1917
Major General
Commanding 1st Australian Division
(Australian War Memorial)
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Spr Lethlean, afterwards warrant officer, 1st Div Engrs HQ, MSM; died in WA 6 November 1930. (AWM)
Mentioned in diary of W D Lycett
Lycett W D Pte 2063
7 Jul 1916 "Linton Lethlane [sic] of 2nd. Eng. came to see me this afternoon, looks well and is a Warrant Officer".
16 Oct 1918 Met with Linton Lethlean in England, possibly Plymouth.
TRIAL PEN PICTURES (1932, January 16). Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956), p. 7.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75768207
MOROWA SHOOTING (1931, November 30). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 1 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83693404
MOROWA SHOOTING (1931, November 13). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 6 (HOME (FINAL; EDITION). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83694996
THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE (1931, December 8). Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938), p. 23. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34592164
MORAWA TRAGEDY (1931, January 12). Geraldton Guardian and Express (WA : 1929 - 1947), p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67291525
MORAWA TRAGEDY. (1931, December 2). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 16. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32380380
SHOT DEAD ON TRUCK (1931, December 2). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), p. 1 (Home Edition). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129013729
- Chapell Spends Five Hours in Witness Box (1931, December 2). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 1 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83692670
PARTICULARS OF PRINCIPALS (1931, December 2). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 1 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83692663
Further Revelations at Morawa (1931, December 3). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 1 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83694494
CHARGE OF MURDER. (1932, January 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4421565
CHAPELL'S RETURN (1932, February 7). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 1 (First Section). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58657142
Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956) 12 March 1932: 1. Web. 23 Jan 2017 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page7369646>
War Service Commemorated
Kensington Methodist Church [Lathlean]
Newmarket Baptist Church Roll of Honour
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours [Lathleen L]
In Memoriam
LETHLEAN - In loving memory of Linton
Leigh Lethlean, who was killed at Morawa
Western Australia on November 6 1931 -Ever
remembered. (Inserted by his loving parents
brothers and sisters East Malvern).
Family Notices (1933, November 6). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11708258
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