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TONKIN, Leland Charles

Service Number:	946
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Yankalilla, Yankalilla, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Keswick Military Hospital, Keswick Military Hospital, Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11 December 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Payneham Cemetery, South Australia Payneham Cemetery, Payneham, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Ardrossan School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 946, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 946, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Dec 1917:	Involvement 946, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 946 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: awm_died_date: 1917-12-11
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 946, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 946, 27th Infantry Battalion

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