Marmaduke William ATKINSON

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ATKINSON, Marmaduke William

Service Number:	VX65820
Enlisted:	10 November 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 3 October 1912
Home Town:	Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Sale High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer/Carpenter
Died:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1995, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sale Public Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

10 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX65820
15 Jan 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX65820

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Marmaduke William Atkinson (Service No:VX65820) served in the AIF (graded Carpenter) from 10 November 1941 to 15 January 1944 and was attached to HQ Kit Stire at Discharge.

Marmaduke was born in Sale, Victoria in 1912, eldest of five children of Lennox Lett Atkinson (b1874 in Stratfor, Victoria) and his second wife Josephine Mary Hundy (b1884 in Wentworth, NSW). Lennox (a Widower with seven children) and Josephine married in 1910 in Sale, where they settled and raised their family and Lennox was a Farmer/Grazier.

Marmaduke was a Farmer and Carpenter in Sale when he enlsited in the Army, and following Discharge, returned to Sale, where he lived with his widowed mother and brother Colin and worked as a Contractor and Carpenter. Marmaduke died in 1995.

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