TONKIN, Charles William
| Service Number: | 2704 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Junior Porter |
| Died: | Malahide Red Cross Home, Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1928, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Sect. M2 Row 7 Plot 427 |
| Memorials: | Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2704, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2704, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2704, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Annie TONKIN
Brother of Annie, Katherine, Emma and William jnr.
Father of Leo, John and Keith
A well known late resident of Harris Park and Pendle Hill, in the person of Mr. Charles William Tonkin died in the Malahide Red Cross Home, Pennant Hills, on the 6th inst. He was a returned soldier, and married. For some years he carried on a thriving businesss as a small-goodsman at Harris Park, and shortly after the death of his wife at a private hospital in Parramatta a little over 12 months ago, re relinquished business and assisted his brother at poultry farming at Pendle Hill, formerly owned by Mr Tonkin sen. The late Mr and MRs Tonkin were highly esteemed in Harris Park, and their deaths within so short a time are deeply felt. Three young children and the parents of the deceased are left to mourn their loss. Mrs. W Tonkin, of Pendle Hill is a brother. The funeral of the late Mr Tonkin who was 33 years of age moved from the parlours of Metcalfe and Co on Monday morning for the Catholic portion of Rookwood Cemetery, where the Rev. Father McElligott (Lidcombe) read the burial service. The funeral was largley attended.
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