Aubrey Roland ADKINS

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Service Number:	104
Enlisted:	8 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Strezlecki State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 27 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Commemorated Cobden, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cobden Church of England Roll of Honor, Cobden War Memorial, Korumburra War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 104, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 104, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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22 Battaion

Rank - Private

8 June 1915 - To hospital, measles

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

Son of Roland and Alice Adkins of Cobden, Victoria Australia