Leslie George TONKIN

TONKIN, Leslie George

Service Numbers: 1646, 1646A
Enlisted: 5 February 1916, West Maitland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1892
Home Town: Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling: Taree Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Woy Woy War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Michael Silver

Son of John Ellis Tonkin and Margaret Jane Tonkin (nee McCabe) of Barton Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW. Brother of 445 Private Richard Caleb Tonkin who was killed in action on 19 August 1915 at Gallipoli while serving with the 13th Battalion and has no known grave.