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TONKIN, Edwin Charles

Service Number:	2124
Enlisted:	22 May 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Geelong, Vic., 1895
Home Town:	Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Natural Causes, 19 June 1980, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane 1C-5-267
Memorials:	Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, Adelaide Torrens Rowing Club Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2124, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Keswick, SA
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 2124, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2124, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs. Alice Hannah TONKIN, Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, SA