William Harold ATKINS

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Service Number:	NX81491
Enlisted:	1 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1910
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 18 June 1945, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot LL. Row D. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX81491
1 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Paddington New South Wales
1 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX81491
20 Jul 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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2/3 Machine Gun Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of John Ernest and Ellen Evangeline Atkins, of Katoomba, New South Wales.