condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Edgar Jack Lenihan

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait of Edgar Jack Lanihan. Image kindly provided by Mike Lenihan (October 2020).

Portrait of Edgar Jack Lanihan. Image kindly provided by Mike Lenihan (October 2020).

Copyright undetermined - untraced rights owner AWMM

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edgar Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Lenihan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 273865 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    31 January 1916 AWMM Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 66 Belvedere Rd., Carterton AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. E.L. Lenihan, 66 Belvedere Rd., Carterton (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 273865 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.70 Dairy-factory hand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.70
    Masterton, Wairarapa 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.70
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Eva Lilian and John Lenihan, third eldest of six siblings. Prior to his enlistment in the Second World War, Edgar worked at Dairy Factories, in 1943 he enlisted and served in Italy, after the war he married and had three children, he spent most of his working life as a Driver with Pinfolds Transport, in Carterton. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    1997 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Clareville Cemetery Chester Road Clareville Carterton Wairarapa New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Edgar Jack Lenihan by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Edgar Jack Lenihan

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Related Serviceperson

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.70 AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 April 2018Andrew ColinMasterton, New ZealandDirect descendant

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.