STINSON, Leo Ambrose
| Service Numbers: | 5644, NX28984 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, Blayney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Molong NSW, 11 December 1900 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | 4 July 1969, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery Lawn |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery, Gilgandra District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5644, 20th Infantry Battalion, Blayney, NSW | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5644, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5644, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX28984, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Nicholas Stinson, Rydal, New South Wales
Leo joined in Gilgandra and marched to Sydney with the Coo-ees but his chest measurement wasn’t large enough and he was discharged medically unfit. Several months later he re-enlisted at Dubbo and was accepted. Leo embarked for England on the Euripides on September 9, 1916 and arrived on the Western Front in January 1917. He was on the front line when he was wounded in the arm and chest – one of 16 men wounded and 6 men killed that day. It was classed a successful operation where 200 German prisoners and a machine gun were taken. Fate He returned to Australia on the hospital transport Barda and was discharged on January 4, 1918.
His third enlistment in WW1 was with Special AIF Escort. Leo embarked for England on the HMT Ypinanga with deportees. He had three weeks leave in London before he returned to Australia where he was discharged on February 7, 1920. Leo also served overseas in the Second World War. By then he was postmaster at Tarcutta and married to Sylvia Johnston.
It is a long round-about way in which soldiers at the front learn of the fate or the welfare of their comrades in a arms. Some weeks ago Private D. Stinson was killed in action in France, and his cousin, Pte. Leo Stinson, knew nothing of it till he saw the photo of the dead hero in the "Sydney Mail"
with the tragic inscription.
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