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TONKIN, Leonard John
(Service number 40727)

Leonard John Tonkin, circa 1917 — (Courtesy of the Edwards family )

Waimataitai School War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Headstone, Leonard John Tonkin, — (Courtesy of the Edwards family )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Storeman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Annie Tonkin (mother), 190 Evans Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company
Date	13 February 1917
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 October 1917	Age
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Memorial Reference	P. I. E. 1A
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimataitai School War Memorial (as J L Tonkin?)

Biographical Notes

Leonard Tonkin was the son of William and Annie Tonkin, of Timaru, New Zealand

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC.

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