BIRKIN, Ebenezer
| Service Number: | 3689 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorks Peninsula, South Australia, 12 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Yorketown, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval |
| Memorials: | Arthurton Memorial Oval Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dowlingville Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3689, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3689, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide |
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Son of James BIRKIN and Hannah fmly MORRIS nee BURNETT
Surname spelled BIRKEN on Embarkation Roll (static.awm.gov.au) - Spelled BIRKIN on Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) and Birth Record
"THE LATE PRIVATE E. BIRKIN.
Mrs A. B. Edwards, Napier street, Exeter, has received word that her brother, Private E. Birkin, was killed in action in France on August 23. Private Birkin was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Birkin, Dowlingville, Yorke Peninsula, and a grandson of the late Ebenezer Birkin, Parkside. He was of a quiet and kindly disposition, and respected by all who knew him. He enlisted on August 11, 1915, and left Australia on December 2." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 04 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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