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WILKINS, Reginald Arthur James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4271 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Harrington, Somerset, England, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Coramba, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Indian Ocean (HMAHS Kanowna), At sea (Indian Ocean (HMAHS Kanowna)), 30 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4271, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4271, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1898 Wilkins Reginald Arthur J Wells 5c 446
Next of kin-Sister, M Newbery, 'Belvadie', 75 Cambridge Road, Wimbledon, London, England.
Enlistment date 10 December 1915.
19th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916-he was then 18.