WATKINS, Elliot Robert
| Service Number: | 4619 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lobethal, SA, 16 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Lobethal, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lobethal WW1 Roll of Honor, Lobethal War Memorial, Mullewa Roads Board District Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4619, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4619, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
Elliot Robert Watkins
Name: Elliot Robert Watkins
Service Number: 4619
Place of Birth: Mount Torrens
Date of Birth: 16 May 1879
Place of Enlistment: Blackboy Hill, W.A.
Date of Enlistment: 22 October 1915
Age at Enlistment: 36 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Father, Thomas John Watkins
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Lance Corporal
Elliott left Fremantle on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916, proceeding to France with the 11th Battalion on 4 April. After spending a week in hospital at Etaples with influenza he rejoined his unit on 27 May. Elliott was appointed Lance Corporal on 28 October. He was killed in action at Pozieres / Bullecourt on 6 May 1917. Elliott’s father, Thomas, received his son’s Memorial Plaque, Memorial Scroll, Victory Medal and British War Medal between 1921 and 1923.
The Advertiser, Saturday, 8 December 1917 carried the following notice: “Lance Corporal E. B. Watkins.... recently died of wounds in France.”
Submitted 24 October 2023 by christopher collins
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