BURKIN, Arthur John Edward
| Service Number: | 3035 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1916, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Sidcup, Kent, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Eudlo, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Sidcup National School |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Freezingburg Ridge, Ypres, Belgium, 3 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Panel 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eudlo "In Memoriam" Honour Roll, Eudlo Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3035, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3035, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3035, 23rd Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3035 awm_unit: 23rd Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1894 Burkin Arthur John E Bromley 2a 437.
Baptised at Sidcup (St John's). 5 Alma Road / Withersdale, Sidcup.
Age on arrival in Australia-18-Family emigrated 1912.
Mother, Mrs Mary Grace Burkin, Eudlo, NC Line, Queensland. fATHER-Arthur William Burkin.
Enlistment date-25 November 1916
Enlisted in Australia November 1916.
Age at embarkation-22
Unit name-41st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/58/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917-Unit from Nominal Roll
16th Machine Gun Company.
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour and as follows:
Maroochy Shire Honor Roll, Shire Chambers, Bury Street, Nambour
Eudlo Roll of Honour, Eudlo Community Hall, Rosebed Street, Eudlo
Eudlo In Memoriam, Eudlo Community Hall, Rosebed Street, Eudlo
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