HASKINS, William George
| Service Number: | 3399 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, Middlesex, England, April 1880 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laundryman |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Burdon Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot II, Row C, Grave 3174, Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3399, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3399, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3399, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 26th September…… William George Haskins was born in London, Middlesex, England in 1880.
William George Haskins married Louisa Charlotte Cooper in 1900 in the district of Edmonton, Middlesex, England.
William Haskins was a passenger on "Morovian" which had departed from the port of London, England on 19th March, 1912 bound for Brisbane, Queensland, Australia then on to Sydney, Australia. His wife & 6 year old daughter followed on the "Gothic" which had departed from the port of London, England on 20th December, 1912 bound for Sydney, Australia.
William George Haskins enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th January, 1917 as a 37 year old, married, Laundryman from George Street, Canterbury, Sydney, NSW.
Private William George Haskins embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24th January, 1917 with the 53rd Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 27th March, 1917.
Private Haskins was posted to 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire from Australia on 27th March, 1917. He was sent sick to Fovant Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 4th April, 1917 with Dyspepsia then transferred & admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield, Middlesex on 13th April, 1917 with Arterio Sclerosis & Vein ophosis.
A Medical Board from 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield, Middlesex found on 24th April, 1917 that Private William George Haskins was permanently unfit for General Service & permanently unfit for Home Service.
Private Haskins was discharged from Harefield & posted to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth, Dorset on 3rd May, 1917.
Private Haskins was absent without leave on 7th June, 1917.
Private Haskins was admitted to Weymouth Military Hospital, Dorset on 17th August, 1917 according to Hospital Admissions form. The Hospital Admissions form recorded for 24th August, 1917 – “Exploratory Laparatomy. Pus found & old perforated duodenal ulcer.”
Private Haskins was admitted to Princess Christian Hospital at Weymouth, Dorset on 23rd September, 1917 – seriously ill.
Private William George Haskins died at 1.30 pm on 26th September, 1917 at Burdon Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England (as listed on the “Report of Death of a Soldier” – Army form B. 2090) from Tuberculosis of Peritoneum and Lungs. (Morning State of Sick form & Burial Report both recorded that he died at “Princess C. Hp. Weymouth.”)
He was buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England where 82 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/h-l.html
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