TOMKINS  N.E.

Given Names:  Norman Ernest

               

Service Number:  348

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  25 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Boat Builder                                                                                               

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  33 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Valentine Tomkins

Harrison Crescent, Hawthorn, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Themistocles                                   

Embarked:  15/8/1915                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  9/12/1915                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6638

British War Medal:  1959

Victory Medal:  1958

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Marrickville, New South Wales      

Father:  Valentine TOMKINS                    

Mother:  Margaret BUNTING

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:  Violet Town, Victoria                    

Spouse: Elsie Catherine HOSKIN

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/10/1946                          

Place: Caulfield, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Filed amalgamated with WW2 file V55287

Wounded in action 9/5/1915

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn West Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V55287                                       

Date Enlisted:  21/9/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  21/3/1942

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary