DONKIN, Harold
| Service Number: | 129 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1914, Charleville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Natural causes (illness), Taree, New South Wales, 22 September 1937 |
| Cemetery: |
Wingham General Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 129, Charleville, Queensland | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 129, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 129, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 129, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 16 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 129, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'MR. HAROLD DONKIN.
There passed away in a Taree Hospital on Wednesday last, September 22, 1937, a respected resident of the Wallamba district in the person of Mr. Harold Donkin. Deceased was well-known to most people in Wingham and its surroundings, and was highly esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
Mr. Donkin was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donkin, of Kalgoorlie, West Australia, and was only 42 years of age at the time of his death. Deceased had for some years been working on his dairy property at Tipperary, near Krambach, and it was there that illness overtook him. He did not treat the trouble seriously at first. However, he was later conveyed to hospital, and though he had the best of medical and nursing attention, it was all to no avail.
The late Mr. Donkin was a returned soldier, and served in Egypt during the Big War. He was a member of the 11th Queensland Light Horse Battalion. Deceased had only been in hospital a week before he passed away. He had been dairying almost ever since he returned from the war. The late Mr. Donkin was a single man.
A service was conducted in St. Matthew's Church of England, Wingham, prior to the funeral leaving for the Wingham general cemetery on Thursday afternoon. Rev. L Ayscough, Rector of St. Matthew's, officiated both in the church and at the graveside. The coffin was draped with the Union Jack as it was carried from the church. The pall-bearers were: Messrs. C. H. Blenkin (president of the Wingham R.S. and S.I.L.A.), Oscar Latimore, W. L. Chambers and J. D. Stevens. The funeral was a large and representative one.
The members of the Wingham Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, were well represented, and there were also returned men from, the Wallamba district at the funeral. The flag at the Memorial Town Hall was flown at half-mast in honor of the deceased returned soldier. Mr. Russell Hardy sounded the Last Post at the graveside. Mr. H. V. Brewer carried out the funeral arrangements.' from The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales 25 Sep 1937 (nla.gov.au)
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