FINNING, Leonard John
| Service Number: | 129 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Thomas, Pinhoe, Devon, England, March 1886 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hele's Grammar School, Exeter, England |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Grave I.D. 16. Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS ST. JOHN 15 CHAP. 13 VERSE , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 129, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 129, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 129, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1886 FINNING Leonard John St.Thomas 5b 58
[St Thomas is in the county of Devon.]
He was 29 and the son of John and Lucy Ann Finning, of "Hazeldene," Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon, England.
He is honoured on the Hele's School War Memorial in Devon.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is honoured on the Hele's School War Memorial and the Pinhoe War Memorial in the churchyard of St. Michael’s in Pinhoe, Devon.
Pinhoe is a former village, manor and ecclesiastical parish, now a suburb on the north eastern outskirts of the City of Exeter in the English county of Devon; it was incorporated into the City of Exeter in 1966.
It appears he initially emigrated to USA-16 Sep 1911
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