Thomas Christopher ATKINSON

ATKINSON, Thomas Christopher

    Service Number: 1151
    Enlisted: 19 September 1914, Pontville Tasmania, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1880
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Soldier's Hill State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea on board HMHS Dongola, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 44,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Pontville Tasmania, Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    26 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to abdomen received at Quinn's Post during a Turkish counter attack. Evacuated to HMHS Dongola, where he died of his wounds several days later on 2 May 1915 en-route to Egypt.
    2 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1151 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02
    Date unknown: Involvement 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography

    Died of wounds on board HMT Dongola and was buried at sea.

    Son of Thomas Richard and Catherine Atkinson, of Great Western, Victoria, Australia. Native of Ballarat.

    Brother of William G Atkinson, Skipton, Victoria

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