Edward Huon ATKINSON

ATKINSON, Edward Huon

Service Number: 52
Enlisted: 18 September 1914, Holdsworthy, NSW
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 12th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Gordon, Tasmania, Australia, 2 January 1876
Home Town: Stanley, Circular Head, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Surveyor
Died: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 23 July 1918, aged 42 years
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Portion Church of England, Plot JJ, Row 3, Grave No. 7
Memorials: Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 52, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Holdsworthy, NSW
13 Jun 1915: Involvement 52, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1915: Embarked 52, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
29 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 52, 12th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 52, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani
1 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt
27 Jul 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 8 March 1917 and discharged as MU (TB - of which he died from on 23 July 1918).
23 Jul 1918: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-23

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