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WILKINS, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4239 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glanville, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Glanville State School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Drowned at sea, S S Warilda at sea , At sea (HMAT Warilda A69), 3 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4239, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4239, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4239, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 3 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 4239, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4239 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Hospital ship Warilda was transporting wounded soldiers from Le Havre, France to Southampton when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-49. This was despite being marked clearly with the Red Cross; as with a number of other hospital ships torpedoed during the war, Germany claimed the ships were also carrying arms.
The ship sank in about two hours, and of the 801 persons on board, 123 died
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of John and Frances Wilkins, of Carlisle St., Glanville, South Australia.
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