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WATKINS, Richard Kear
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4483 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4483, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 | |
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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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