WILKINSON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2230 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, 19 December 1886 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, 3 September 1916, aged 29 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ovillers Military Cemetery Grave X. V. 1. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2230, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2230, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2230, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of Robert and Jane Wilkinson of 40 Bridge Street, Penicuik, Midlothian.
Enlistment date 15 March 1915-9th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/26/2
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A63 Karoola on 12 June 1915
He is remembered on the Penicuik War Memorial
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Memorialised at Penicuik Penicuik South Church Penicuik South Church Roll of Honour.
Obituary : Thomas Wilkinson - Australian Infantry, AIF [MIDLOTHIAN JOURNAL 22 September 1916]: Only last week we recorded in these columns that Thomas Wilkinson, son of Mr and Mrs Wilkinson, Bridge Street, a member of the Australian Contingent had received a commission. On Wednesday, however, the sad news reached the parents that their son had been killed in action. The deceased, who was about 25 years of age, before emigrating to Australia, was employed in Valleyfield Mills. He was a member of the local Dramatic Club, and it will be remembered he took the role of 'Marks' in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Much sympathy is felt for the parents who have another son in the Royal Scots.
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