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ATKINS, Tommy Benjiman
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX11959 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Goolwa, South Australia, 27 June 1918 |
| Home Town: | Goolwa, Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Thailand, 31 July 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 F 62, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Goolwa Soldiers Memorial Gardens WW2 Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, SX11959 | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 26 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11959 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Sunners
Tommy Atkins was a Prisoner of War. He worked on the infamous Burma railway and he died in a Japanese Prison camp a month before Japan surrendered. He is buried in Thailand. The inscription on his grave reads:
SX11959 Private. T.B.Atkins.
2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. 31st July, 1945. Age 27.
His duty fearlessly and nobly done. Ever remembered.
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