BIRKIN, Conrad Charles
| Service Number: | 725 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newstead, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newstead, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Newstead State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 17 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newstead & District Great European War Roll of Honor, Newstead Co-Operative Butter Factory Honor Roll, Newstead State School No. 452 WWI Honor Roll, Newstead War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 725, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 725, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Conrad was an original member of the 7th Battalion and served at and survived the Landing at Anzac. He was a fine physical specimen, 5 foot 11 inches and 12 and half stone in weight. He was seriously wounded on the 8 May 1915, possibly at Krithia, and was evacuated to Malta. He spent three months there before he was evacuated to England on 28 August 1915. He spent some time in the Military Hospital at Bethnal Green before being sent to Weymouth Camp in England.
He rejoined the 7th Battalion in France during September 1917 and was mortally wounded on 11 April 1918. He died six days later from a penetrating shrapnel wound to the abdomen. He passed away in the 41st Casualty Clearing Station and was buried by Rev. J.T. Patterson in a small cemetery approximately 16 kilometres south-west of Amiens.
His younger brother, 3244 Pte. Fred Percival Birkin 7th Battalion AIF, had died of wounds 6 May 1916, aged 24.
They were the sons of John and Ellen Birkin, of Strangways, Victoria. The mother Ellen had passed away in 1905, and they had 7 surviving brothers and sisters.