HAWKINS, Samuel Charles
| Service Number: | 1784 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plaistow,East London, England, February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Johns Church of England, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mariner (Burns Philp) |
| Died: | Cerebro spinal meningitis, Cairo, Egypt, 15 February 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave No. 316 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1784, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1784, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1784, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1784, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 22 Aug 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (elbow) | |
| 25 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1784, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
18th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Birth record not found but it is believed he was born in February 1882 at Plaistow, East London which then was in the county of Essex. Sources which state he was born in Sydney, New South Wales [AIF Project] and findagrave - Memorial 56082047- stating he was born at Plaistow in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England are not correct,
He was 32 and left a widow, Mrs Lilian Hawkins, "Atholdene" Cromwell Road, Whistable, Kent, England
Previous military service- Served for 5 years in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Enlistment date-6 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-15 June 1915
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/35/2
Age at embarkation-33
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 19 June 1915
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
He was trading down to Port Moresby in the S.S. Morinea, Burns Phillip Line from Sydney and on his offering his service to the A.I.F. the Captain of the Ship cause a very nice Roll of Honour to be placed in the ships cabin. It was 2.6 years in the service before "Orient" & "P & O Lines".
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