ATKINS  A

Given Names:  Arthur John

               

Service Number:  4659

Unit:  21st Battalion, 12th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  34 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Gardener                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3¼ In                  

Weight:  117 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Adelaide Laura Atkins

39 May Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  4/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kanowna

Embarked:  16/7/1917                               

Disembarked:  11/9/1917

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  18/10/1917                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  39777

Victory Medal:  39270

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1881

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William ATKINS                          

Mother:  Alice ANGEL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1907     

Place:             

Spouse: Adelaide Laura JONES

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 20/1/1964                          

Place: Cheltenham, Victoria                     

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered nephritis from February 1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 FURTHER INFORMATION

Kew Rotary