Richard Caleb TONKIN

TONKIN, Richard Caleb

    Service Number: 445
    Enlisted: 28 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 19 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Taree War Memorial Clock Tower, Woy Woy War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 445, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 445, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 445, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Ellis Tonkin and Margaret Jane Tonkin of Barton Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW. Brother of Leslie George Tonkin who was killed in action on 14 November 1916 while serving with the 20th Battalion and has no known grave

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Prior to enlisting he had been a member of the Reserves Rifle Club for 16 Years

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