James Leslie NUNN

NUNN, James Leslie

    Service Number: 3163
    Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Enlisted at Launceston, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
    Schooling: State School, Launceston, Tasmania
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 March 1918
    Cemetery: Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium
    Plot 11, Row B, Grave 15 Headstone inscription reads: He died for those he loved, Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3163, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Launceston, Tasmania
    16 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3163, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    16 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3163, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
    19 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3163, 12th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left arm. Evacuated to England on 25 August 1916

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry and Adela S. Nunn; husband of Beatrice Ellen Nunn of 105 George Street, Launceston, Tasmania, later known as Beatrice Ellen Emery; father of Vonda Mavis Nunn

    28 January 1916 - to hospital with Mumps

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Prior to enlisted he had been convicted of disturbing the peace

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