HAWKINS, William Cuthbert
| Service Number: | 1112 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 April 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Lunawanna, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Lunawanna State School |
| Occupation: | Wood Turner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruny Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, LunawannaHB1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1112, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1112, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1112, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1112, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Cuthbert HAWKINS was born on 4th July, 1897 in Hobart, Tasmania
His parents were Robert John HAWKINS and Violet Mary CUTHBERT
He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 23rd April, 1915 and embarked from Brisbane on the ship Aeneas on 29th June, 1915 with the 26th Infantry Battalion
He was Killed in Action on 29th July, 1916 - his name is honoured on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial & also the Lunawanna Honour Board in Bruny Island, Tasmania
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
His brother Robert Gordon HAWKINS (SN984) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
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Mercury Hobart 15th Sept. 1916 page 1
ROLL OF HONOUR
HAWKINS - Killed in Action on July 29
William Cuthbert Hawkins, beloved son of Rober & Violet Hawkins, Lunawanna, Grandson of Captain Hawkins, late Supt South Bruny Light, and Col-Serg Cuthbert of Hobart
"Loved by all who knew him"
"A tribute of love and honour to our dear boy Willie, who was killed in Action in France aged 19 years
"Duty nobly done - deeply regretted"
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"He gave his life for his country, for honour, faith and right
With us his memory ever lives, he fought a noble fight"
"Somewhere in France he is sleeping, an Anzac, brave and true
He died an Australian hero, fighting for me and you"
"It is better to die with honour than survive with shame"
"Gone! What sorrow in that one small word ! "
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