Frederick TONKIN

TONKIN, Frederick

    Service Number: 1101
    Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 26 September 1885
    Home Town: Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1101, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1101, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

    Listed on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour as Frederick John Tonkin

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Lavis (Lavers) Tonkin and Sarah Ann Tonkin nee Burford of West Hindmarsh, SA. Brother of May Albemarle Tonkin, Olive Ivy Tonkin, Myrtle Maria Tonkin, Edmund William Mark Tonkin and Albert Lavis Tonkin

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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