Charles William ATKINSON

ATKINSON, Charles William

Service Numbers: W237552, WX11029
Enlisted: 19 February 1940
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 23 July 1914
Home Town: Floreat, Cambridge, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Malaya, 15 May 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
A.F.I.A 2, Row E, Grave 13 , Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Postmaster General's Department Perth WWII HR
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World War 2 Service

19 Feb 1940: Enlisted W237552
7 Feb 1941: Enlisted WX11029, Perth, Western Australia
7 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, WX11029
15 May 1942: Involvement Major, WX11029, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Prisoners of War

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Biography

Son of Charles Herbert and Lillian Maude Atkinson; husband of Gwendoline Ina Atkinson, of Floreat Park, Western Australia.