ATKINSON, Edgar Richard
| Service Number: | 2369 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916, Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Auburn Boys Public School |
| Occupation: | Store Keeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Auburn Boys Public School Pictorial Honour Roll, Auburn North Public School Great War Roll of Honor, Auburn Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2369, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bathurst, NSW | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2369, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2369, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2369, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2369 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Elvirah ATKINSON, 25 East Esplanade, Manly, New South Wales
Killed at the Front
Corporal E. R. Atkinson.
Word has been received that Corporal Edgar Richards Atkinson, younger son of Mrs. Atkinson, Hall-street and Station road, Auburn, and brother of exAlderman W. Atkinson, was killed in action in France on 13th October. It is a strange coincidence that he should arrive in England on his birthday and 12 months afterwards be killed on his birthday. He was 24 years of age and attached to the 45th Battalion. He left N.S. Wales for the front in August, 1916, going straight to England. He made, one or two trips to France on official duty before leaving on more serious business towards the end of July. His laster letter home is dated 28th August. He had then been in action and had come through all right and was in the best of health and spirits. He was a native of Auburn, and as a lad he attended the North Auburn Public School, since which time he had been in business as a storekeeper with his brother.
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