Gerald Ernest MAKINS

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Service Number:	195
Enlisted:	8 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Swaffham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1892
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 55, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 195, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 195, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 195, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. Makins of Necton, Swaffham, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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