Raymond Harold ATKINSON

ATKINSON, Raymond Harold

Service Numbers: 1877, 1877B
Enlisted: 22 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Croydon, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town: Rydal, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Died of wounds - bullet wound to the head, At sea on board HS Soudan, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 October 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Panel 60 Chaplain A.G. Bourdillon officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

22 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1877, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1877, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1877, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
29 Sep 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 20th Battalion to the 18th Battalion and 'B' added to his service number now 1877B
19 Oct 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1877B, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Fractured skull from bullet wound
21 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1877B, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1877B awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-10-21

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his friend George Murray of 'Bonnie Doon', Bathurst Road, Rydal, NSW

Grandson of Sarah Dyer of 'Beryl', 14 Duncan Street, Ancliffe, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal to Sarah Dyer