HAWKINS, Thomas
| Service Number: | 358 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Suffolk, England., 1896 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand, also Turner fitter in Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Died: | GSW to head, France, 10 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Grave V. E. 5., Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 358, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 358, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 358, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 358, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne |
Help us honour Thomas Hawkins's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1896 Hawkins Thomas Ipswich 4a 890
He enlisted twice-owing to loss of original records
He embarked from Australia for the Front twice because in 1915, he had returned sick to Australia for 'three months change'
He gave his next of kin as his brother, William Hawkins, 499 Wharncliffe Gardens, St Johns Wood, London NW, England
He stated his religion as Congregational and Church of England; he is honoured on the war memorial tablet in Ipswich's Congregational Church.
He had been employed as a turner/tool fitter at the Orewll Works of the renowned Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Limited, a major British agricultural machinery maker also producing a wide range of general engineering products in Ipswich, Suffolk including traction engines, trolleybuses, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tilling equipment. Ransomes also manufactured Direct Current electric motors in a wide range of sizes, and electric forklift trucks and tractors. They manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War. Their base, specially set up in 1845, was named Orwell Works.
Ransomes' railway equipment business was hived off in 1869 with a different ownership as Ransomes & Rapier and based nearby at Waterside Ironworks.
He is honoured on the factory war memorial.
1901 census-all born in Ipswich, Suffolk
Mary Ann Hawkins Head mother 47
Florence Hawkins Daughter 20
Walter Hawkins Son 17
Elizabeth Hawkins Daughter 14
Arthur Hawkins Son 12
Thomas Hawkins Son 5
1911 census-all born in Ipswich, Suffolk
Florence Hawkins Head of Household 30
Elizabeth Hawkins Sister of Head of Household 23
Arthur Hawkins Brother of Head of Household 21
Thomas Hawkins –aged 15 TOOL FITTER Brother of Head of Household 15
Click images to start slideshow.