Leonard (Len) TUNNY

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TUNNY, Leonard

Service Number:	2954
Enlisted:	28 March 1916, Miles, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Cunnamulla, Queensland, 12 December 1884
Home Town:	Yuleba (Yeulba), Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Cunnamulla State School
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Natural causes, Caboolture, Queensland, 4 November 1942, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Caboolture Cemetery, Moreton Bay, Queensland Grave 612.
Memorials:	Yeulba (Yuleba) Honour Board, Yuleba Cenotaph War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2954, Miles, Queensland
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2954, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2954, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
24 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2954, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Medically discharged

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'PRIVATE L. TUNNY.

Private Tunny enlisted from Yeulba early in 1916 and as a member of the 41st. Battalion. He was in France for about a week when he fell ill. He is well-known, in Toowoomba and through-out the west, where he followed the occupation of sheep shearing expert prior to enlistment.' from Darling Downs Gazette 7 Jul 1917 (nla.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Owen and Bridget TUNNY of Yeulba, Qld.

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