Thomas WILKINS

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Other Name:	Wilkins, Thomas Gerisimo - Birth Records
Service Number:	295
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1893
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Urquhart Street State School Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 2
Tree Plaque:	Ballarat Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Avenue of Honour

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 295
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 295, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 295, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
26 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
8 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
25 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 60th Infantry Battalion
13 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 60th Infantry Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 295, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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