TOMKINS, Henry Burgoyne
| Service Number: | QX19137 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| Born: | Warwick, Qld., 4 October 1906 |
| Home Town: | Whetstone, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 19 December 1942, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A7 D 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Inglewood War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX19137 | |
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| 1 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 1 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX19137, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 19 Dec 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William James Tomkins and Lily Mary Pelham Tomkins; husband of Nancy Mary Tomkins, of Whetstone, Queensland.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
Death of Lieut. H. B. Tomkins.— Advice was received here on Monday that Lieut. H. B. Tomkins, son of Mr. and the late Mrs. W. B. Tomkins, of Whetstone Station, had been killed in action in the New Guinea Area. The late Lieut. Tomkins transferred to the A.I.F. from the Light Horse Regiment
and embarked for the Middle East in October, 1941. On his return here early last year, he spent, several months at various centres and some time ago left for the northern battle zone. He was in his late thirties and had resided all his life in the Inglewood district. Just prior to his departure for the Middle East he married iMiss Nancy Reid, of Sydney who survives him. In addition he is survived by his father, Mr, W. J. Tomkins, four sisters, Mesdames John Mort (Stanthorpe) and Max Cay (Whetstone); Misses Molly Tomkins and Des Tomkins (A.W.A.S.), and Mr. Alick Tomkins, his only brother.
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