WILKINS, Arthur Morgan
| Service Number: | 7793 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hucclecote, England, 16 December 1883 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Departmental Manager |
| Died: | Death attributed to War Service, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1920, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland General Section 2, Row 3B, Grave 86 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7793, Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7793, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7793, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 21 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7793 |
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19 December 1917 - Embarked Sydney
16 January 1918 - Disembarked Suez
24 January 1918 - re-embarked Port Said
2 February 1918 - Disembarked Taranto, Italy
5 February 1918 - Entrained Taranto
12 February 1918 - Detrained Cherbourg, France
12 February 1918 - Embarked Cherbourg
13 February 1918 - Disembarked Southampton, England and marched in to 1st Training Battalion, Sutton Veny.
8 July 1918 - Proceeded overseas to France
18 July 1918 - Taken on strength, 2nd Battalion
15 August 1918 - Wounded in action - shrapnel wound, abdomen, and admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance
16 August 1918 - Transferred to 53rd Casualty Clearing Station;
18 September 1918 - to No 2 Canadian General Hospital, to England,
19 September 1918 - Admitted to County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury
2 October 1918 - Transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford
5 October 1918 - Discharged on furlough to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 October 1918.
20 December 1918 - Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Orontes'
1 February 1919 - Disembarked Sydney
Sydney, 21 March 1919 - Discharged (medically unfit: trench fever), .
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
OBITUARY.
We regret to record the death at the Maryborough General Hospital, on Monday, of Mr. Arthur Morgan Wilkins, aged 36 years. He had been for the past twelve months manager of the Red Arcade, a business founded many years ago by his father, Mr. Russell Wilkins, of whom he was the youngest son. Before coming to Maryborough the deceased was on the staff of David Jones & Co. Ltd. of Sydney. He had one brother, Edward R.Wilkins, killed in action in 1916), and he enlisted himself in 1917 and was at the front till the armistice was signed. While at the front he lost his wife, who left two sons now 14 and 9 years respectively. Since coming to Maryborough he married again last May, and much sympathy will be felt for his young widow, as also for his mother and
other relatives. Mrs. Wilkins senr., with her daughter, arrived from Brisbane last Saturday, and spent Sunday with her dying son. The body was sent to Brisbane by last nights mail train, and the funeral will take place in that city. As a returned Soldier, the Soldiers' League, placed a wreath on the coffin at Maryborough.
The sad intelligence has been received by Mrs. Geo. Mackay of Casino-street, South Lismore, that Mr. Arthur Morgan Wilkins, youngest son of Russell Wilkins, of Brisbane, who but eight weeks ago married Mr. Mackay's eldest daughter, Stella, suddenly collapsed at Maryborough at midday yesterday, death being due, it is believed, to injuries received during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Mackay leave for Brisbane this morning to attend the funeral to-morrow.
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