DINNING, Leslie Langham
| Service Number: | 660 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, 17 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Blackfriars |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | War service related (wounds and gas), Gordon, New South Wales, 23 May 1924, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Buried in family grave of his mother's father, Rev George Brown. Methodist 2 A |
| Memorials: | Tamworth Public School WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 660, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - Shell wound (groin) | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Battalion, E Company | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 3rd occasion - Shrapnel wound (chest) | |
| 6 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 660, 1st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
THE LATE L. L. DINNING
Teachers widely regret to learn of the passing of one of their members, Mr. L. L. Dinning, a son of the late Rev. B. Dinning, once of Windsor. After a long and painful illness he died recently, and was buried in Gore Hill, cemetery. Mr. Dinning was trained at Blackfriars during 1911-12 and was afterwards appointed to Mosman. He was among the first to answer the call during the Great War, and was present at the landing at Gallipoli. He was slightly wounded on the Peninsula, but returned to action later. In France, in 1916, he was wounded so seriously that he was invalided to Australia, after having been in hospital almost two years in England. He was in the Prince of Wales Hospital, at Randwick, the 'Canonbury' Convalescent Home, and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after his arrival in Sydney. Making some recovery, he for a brief period, undertook to do service in the correspondence schools of the department but his disability forced his return to hospital. Mr. Dinning proved himself efficient in service, both educational and military; a true comrade, and a valued citizen.
The death is announced of Mr. Leslie Langlow Dinning, late of the 1st Battalion, A.I.F., and of the Department of Education.
While on the staff of the Mosman Public School he enlisted at the outbreak of the war, and proceeded with the 1st Battalion on active service. He took part in the landing at Anzac, and during the early Gallipoli fighting displayed conspicuous bravery by rescuing, under fire, his friend, Jack Reid, who had been seriously wounded in the head. Sgt. Dinning survived the Gallipoli campaign, and in one of the early Australian engagements on French soil was severely wounded at Pozieres in 1916.
After a long stay in hospital, both in England and in Randwick, he made a sufficient recovery to be able, for a brief period, to resume teaching duties at No. 2 correspondence school. For the last 12 months, however, he had been confined to his bed, and died after a long and courageous fight against overwhelming odds.
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