Kinniburgh DSM, Joseph Leslie

Date of Birth	1895-04-10
Date of Death	1964-07-25
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, Victoria, North Melbourne

Service Details

Service	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1913-04-22
Rank	Leading Seaman
Official Number	2907
Discharged Date	1919-01-22
Discharge Type	Invalided - Unfit for Naval Service
Service Period	1913-1919
Active Service (War service)	WW1
Service Record	No
Ship	Refer Service Record see Sources

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, 600 Princess Hwy Springvale VIC 3171
Cemetery Address	Springvale, VIC
Section	Joshua Jordan Lawn
Row	AV
Grave Number	4

Notes

Battle Honours - Cocos Island 1914. Awarded DSM during Sydney-Emden action for tossing burning cordite over the side.. Wounded during battle and also saw action in German New Guinea SEP14. Also SGT in WW2 but can't find him. Different name? The book Bravo Zulu records the DSM was awarded to 3 other AB's #4375 Bertie Green, #4385 Harold Collins & William Taylor plus #4387 CPO Arthur Lambert

Sources

Service Record - Australian National Archives DVA Commemoration Details Weekly times (LELB) Saturday 21 November 1914 p3 photo;

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