Leslie James KINNA

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Service Number:	2934
Enlisted:	31 July 1916, Enlisted Perth WA 31 Jul 1916. Sent to Blackboy Hill Camp Western Australia allocated to 7th reinforcement’s for the 48th Battalion on 1st November 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Foster, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1889
Home Town:	York, York, Western Australia
Schooling:	Foster State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Natural Causes , 18 August 1959, aged 70 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Name on York Memorial Board WA
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, York District Great War Honour Board

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31 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Perth WA 31 Jul 1916. Sent to Blackboy Hill Camp Western Australia allocated to 7th reinforcement’s for the 48th Battalion on 1st November 1916
28 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 48th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Fremantle WA on HT Argyllshire
21 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 48th Battalion in the field Belgium
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounded Captured Prisoner of War Germany
17 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2934, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Captured Prisoner of War at Reported in Limburg Germany 14th November 1917
18 Jan 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2934, 48th Infantry Battalion, RTA 5 MD Fremantle WA for discharge repatriation Prisoner of War Germany via UK
2 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2934, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 5MD Perth termination Period of Enlistment
Date unknown:	Wounded 2934, 48th Infantry Battalion

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