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LEUNIG, Joseph Lloyd
| Service Number: | 469 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Broken Hill NSW, 31 December 1983, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | New Thebarton Lodge No 23 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 469, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 469, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 469 |
Joseph Lloyd Leunig
Name: Joseph Lloyd Leunig
Service Number: 469
Place of Birth: Moonta
Date of Birth: 15 July 1894
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 8 June 1916
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 10 months
Next of Kin: Wife, Emma Leunig
Occupation: Baker
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
During research for details about J. Leunig 2 names emerged with neither having any obvious connection with the Adelaide Hills region. Therefore I have provided biographical details of both.
Joseph left Melbourne on board the Ulysses on 25 October 1916, reaching Plymouth, England on 25 December. He went to France with the 8th Machine Gun Company on 1 March 1917. A bout of influenza resulted in hospitalisation at University Military Hospital, Southampton, England in June 1917. Joseph rejoined his unit in France on 24 November. He was hospitalised again for 3 weeks in mid-March 1918 due to another bout of influenza. Joseph was hospitalised at Southampton on a second occasion on 18 September with trench fever. He was sent back to Australia on the Demosthenes on 26 July 1919 and discharged on 27 October.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Mariied to Ida Mary Leunig