LARKINS  M.F.

Given Names:  Manus Frances

               

Service Number:  5722

Unit:  5th Battalion, 17th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  19 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/1/1916

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Next of Kin:  FATHER  Michael John Larkins

Monsall', Union Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  4/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

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Embarked:  6/7/1919                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  1st Divisional Signal Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Sergeant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 

British War Medal: 

Victory Medal: 

Other:    Military Medal

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Inglewood, Victoria          

Father:  Michael John LARKINS               

Mother:  Catherine Mary BUTLER

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 1962                                 

Place: Manly, New South Wales               

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

* DOB for WW2 given 23/10/1901

WW1 file amalgamated with WW2 file

Military Medal recommendation dated 25/9/1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty  in the operations at Hervilly on 17-18/9/1918

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  NX18043                                     

Date Enlisted:  28/5/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  16/9/1942

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary