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PERKINS, Walter Delwyn
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 219 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New England Grammar School, Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Egypt, 27 March 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Glen Innes New England Grammar School Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 219, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 219, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 219, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 27 Mar 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 219, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 219 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-03-27 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Walter Delwyn PERKINS was born in Oatlands in Tasmania in 1890
His parents were Thomas Hedley PERKINS & Emma DAWSON who married in Fingal, Tasmania on 25th April, 1883
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His brother Reginald Trevor PERKINS (SN 202) also served during WW1 in the Army (1st Field Ambulance) and was awarded a Military Medal - he returned to Australia in 1918
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