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WILKINS, Henry Townsend
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 783 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1895, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Post Office Telephonist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Postmaster-General's Dept Qld. WWI, Windsor State School Honour Board, Windsor War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 783, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 783, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 783, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 783 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 |
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