Oliver TONKIN Update Details

TONKIN, Oliver

Service Number: 12729
Enlisted: 19 November 1915
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1897
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Petersham Public School, Sydney Technical High School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1974, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour
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World War 1 Service

19 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12729, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
9 Apr 1916: Involvement Gunner, 12729, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916: Embarked Gunner, 12729, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Nestor, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ernest G and Miriam TONKIN, 405 New Canterbury Raod, Dulwich Hill, NSW