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WILKINSON, Charles Bliss
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1378 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer draughtsman |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 29 March 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beauval Communal Cemetery On Commemorative Roll AWM |
| Memorials: | Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1378, 301st Company Mechancial Transport | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 1378, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 1378, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1378, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Wilkinson enlisted with 301st Mechanical Transport section of the AIF during 1914.
He discharged from the AIF on the 2 December 1916 to join the Royal Flying Corps.
By 1918 he was serving as an observer with 8th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, based at Vert Galand, France.
On 29 March 1918, Second Lieutenant Wilkinson (Observer) and Captain Ernest William Monk RFC (Pilot) flying in Armstrong Whitworth FK8 aircraft C3661 were shot down and killed during aerial combat while on an artillery patrol.