Martin Leslie KINNANE

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Service Number:	2401
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Ballarat Orphan Asylum, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2401, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2401, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2401, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2401, 24th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left shoulder. Transferred to England on 9 August 1916

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Son of Thomas Kinnane and Annie Kinnane nee Coa of Ballarat, Victoria. Brother of Nellie Agnes Kinnane and Michael Thomas Kinnane

Next of kin given as his aunt Mary Sykes of Darling Street, Ballarat

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal