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TONKIN, Leonard Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 407262 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 214 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 June 1916 |
Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
Schooling: | Wellington Road School, Norwood High School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Body Builder at Holdens |
Died: | Respiratory Failure, Adelaide, South Australia, 2 September 2010, aged 94 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Prospect Methodist Church WW2 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Aug 1940: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 407262 | |
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17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407262, No. 214 Squadron (RAF), Adelaide, SA | |
17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407262 | |
12 Jun 1942: | Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Liberated by American Forces, while being marched westwards from POW camp, in company with other sick prisoners. | |
7 Dec 1945: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs. F Tonkin
Trained at Somers, Essendon and Wagga. Secured his wings at Wagga and left Australian late in May 1941 for England, where he is now serving in the Bomber Command.