Richard Kear (Dick) WATKINS

WATKINS, Richard Kear

Service Number: 4483
Enlisted: 6 May 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
Born: Blaenavon, Wales, 15 June 1854
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Coal miner, Wales. Tramway Worker Sydney
Died: Natural causes, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1936, aged 81 years
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Rookwood Methodist Section 03B Zone F, Grave Number 922
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World War 1 Service

6 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4483, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
15 May 1915: Involvement Private, 4483, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 May 1915: Embarked Private, 4483, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
15 Jan 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4483, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Medically unfit

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Oldest man to enlist in the AIF

Detail Source -  England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name Richard K Watkins
Registration Date 1854[1854]
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
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