Franklin Roy DAWKINS

Badge Number: 8120, Sub Branch: Brighton
8120

DAWKINS, Franklin Roy

Service Number: 818
Enlisted: 10 October 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Two Wells, Mallala - South Australia, Australia, 15 August 1896
Home Town: Lockleys, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Gardener
Died: Hyde Park South Australia, 19 August 1955, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Kendrew Oval, Row 15, Site Number 67
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World War 1 Service

10 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 818, 9th Light Horse Regiment
13 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 818, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
4 Nov 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 818, 9th Light Horse Regiment, RTA

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Biography contributed by Michelle MCSHANE

Son of John Grigg Dawkins and Pauline Louise Schneider
Born at Port Gawler
(BDM SA reg: Book/Page: 589/59)

"NOT LEGALLY MARRIED" on the 12-Aug-1921 at the Registry Office Adelaide.
He was 24 his father was John Grigg DAWKINS
She was 22 her father was John JOHNSON
(BDM SA reg: Book/Page: 288/405)

Their children were:
Phillip Roy 23 Aug 1924 Victor Harbour
Thomas Keith (about 1926) Victor Harbour

Actual Marriage info on the 19 Aug 1932 at the Registry Office Adelaide.
He was 36 his father was John Grigg DAWKINS
She was 31 (divorced) her father was John FREEMAN
(BDM SA reg: Book/Page: 333/364)

He died on the 19 Aug 1955 in South Australia
Registration Year: 1951-1955
(BDM SA reg: Book/Page: 831/5496)

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