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ATKINSON, Gilbert William
Service Number: | 2367 |
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Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, Perth Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Carlisle, Cumberland, England, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Castle-Carrock School, England |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 5 Rev. J.E. Adams officiated, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Denmark War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth Western Australia | |
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20 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2367, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
20 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2367, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle |
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Arrived in Australia aged 28 years
51 Battalion
Rank - Private
15 November 1916 Disembarked at Plymouth UK
9 June 1917 wounded in action - multiple wounds
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of William Atkinson and Jane Tailford Atkinson, of Manor Cottages, Noctorum, Birkenhead, England. Brother of Elizabeth Jane Dale nee Atkinson of Sinnington, Yorkeshire