| Occupation before Enlistment |
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| Next of Kin |
| Mrs E Lennane (mother), 16 Gordon Street, Mangapapa, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Address |
| 16 Gordon Street, Mangapapa, New Zealand |
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| Last Unit Served |
| New Zealand Artillery, 7 Anti-Tank Regiment |
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| Cemetery Name |
| Florence War Cemetery, Italy |
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| Biographical Notes |
- Son of John Patrick Lennane and of Ethel Elizabeth Lennane (nee Herbert), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Gunner Lennane and his troop were sheltering in a building in La Romola when he and nine others were killed in an explosion. It was thought the probable cause was a booby trap.
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| Description of Image |
- Portrait, Weekly News
- Headstone, Florence War Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2008).
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| Further References |
| Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery by WE Murphy. Wellington: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1966. p 626 |
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