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ATKINSON, Mark Benjamin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX11082 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryport, Cumberland, England, 8 November 1907 |
| Home Town: | Gordon, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1999, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dawson River Cemetery, New South Wales PLOT : Sect. Lawn; Space Z2-2763 |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11082, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Apr 1941: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11082, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, After receiving GSW to the abdomen and wrist, Pte. Atkinson remained temp. medically unfit for duty until his eventual discharge 17 APR 1942 ("medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own default"). | |
| 17 Apr 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11082, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
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