LARKINS, John
| Service Number: | 2346 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1880 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal-trimmer |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 7 August 1945, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-65. 84. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2346, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2346, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit (wounding) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
79 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 8th August 1945, Private John Brown Larkins, referred to as Jack, 35th Battalion (Reg No-2346), coal trimmer from 30 Denison Street, Carrington, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. ANGLICAN 1-65. 84. Never married.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 1st September 1880 to James, "Cockney Jim", died 24.6.1924, Wickham, N.S.W., age 72, buried at ANGLICAN 1-65. 86, from 30 Denison Street, Carrington, N.S.W., and Louisa Larkins, died 25.8.1926, Wickham, N.S.W., age?, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-65. 86, mother of 4 sons and 1 daughter, from the corner of Victoria & Denison Streets, Carrington, New South Wales, Jack enlisted on the 14th April 1916 at Carrington, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Wounded in action - 12.10.1917 (GSW left groin, 1st Battle of Passchendaele), 4.4.1918 (GSW left chest, penetrating, dangerously ill).
Granted leave to England from 25.2.1918 to 11.3.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 31.7.1918. Jack arrived home on the 28th September 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 1st January 1919.
Mr. Larkins’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor as LARKIN and the Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at Jack’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 7/8/1945.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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