Robert Osbert Edward WILKINS

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WILKINS, Robert Osbert Edward

Service Number:	611
Enlisted:	19 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Chain of Lagoons, Tasmania, Australia, 28 November 1896
Home Town:	Chain of Lagoons, Tasmania
Schooling:	Chain of Lagoons State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Train accident , Arques, France, 1 November 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 73. BUT GOD WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN STILL CLOSER TILL WE MEET AGAIN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 15th Machine Gun Company
14 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 611, 15th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 611, 15th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Enlisted and served as Robert Wilkins

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Robert was the son of Frederick William and Lucy Wilkins, of Chain of Lagoons, Tasmania.

He was accidentally killed 1 November 1917 at Arques, France, when he was trying to board a troop train and slipped beneath the wheels of the moving train.

His brother 6605 Pte. Harold Wilkins 12th Battalion AIF, was awarded a Military Medal for beating off a German counter attack in 1918

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