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HAWKINS, Percy James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6180 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds - multiple to head, neck and leg, Ypres, Belgium, 11 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium Plot 1V, Row B, Grave 49, Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6180, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 10 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 6180, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 6180, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, In the field | |
| 11 Aug 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 6180, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6180 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-11 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Sabina Adelaide Eades of Canterbury, NSW previously known as Sabina Adelaide Hawkins.
Next of kin given as his brother Stanley Hawkins of 58 New South Head Road, Paddington, NSW
10 February 1917 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Forces