HAWKINS, Ernest William
| Service Number: | V45978 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1941, Kyabram, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Kyabram, Vic., 12 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Kyabram, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 11 August 1943, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery N D 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyabram & District Honour Roll WW2, Kyabram & District Memorial Community Hospital Honour Roll, Kyabram & District R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Kyabram St. Andrew's Church of England Altar & Reredos |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, V45978 | |
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| 21 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V45978, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Kyabram, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry and Harriet Hawkins; husband of Gladys Hawkins, of Tongala, Victoria.
'...THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS..." REV. X1V:13
Mr and Mrs Harry Hawkins, Kyvalley, and Miss Enid Hawkins, have received the distressing news from the Minister for the Army that their only son and brother, Private E. W. (Bill) Hawkins, was killed in action on August 11 in New Guinea. The sympathy of the community is extended to the sorrowing family in their sad be reavement.
For some years Bill was in the employ- of the late Mrs John Allan, Wyuna. In February, 1942, he was married to Miss G. Blake, of Tongala, the marriage was celebrated in Melbourne, Bill being a member of the forces at the time.