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WILKINS, Edward Bennison

Service Number:	396
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, December 1881
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Brisbane Grammar School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Shell, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 396, Melbourne, Victoria
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 396, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 396, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
9 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion
7 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 39th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 396, 39th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound (right ankle)
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 396, 39th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted under alias Edward Brady