WATKINS W.A.

Given Names:  William Allen

Service Number:  20451

Unit:  3rd Divisional Signal Company                                                                                

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Compositor                                                                                                

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3 In                     

Weight:  123 Lbs

Chest:  31-34 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/5/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Dora Watkins

365 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  21/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Anchises

Embarked:  22/8/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/10/1919

Unit:  5th Divisional Signal Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  7/11/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  71076

Victory Medal:  67998

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/8/1898

Place:  Warrandyte/Andersons Creek, Victoria                              

Father:  William Henry WATKINS             

Mother:  Dora Ann Russell MANNING

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Hazel May HENDERSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 15/2/1962                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V92275                                       

Date Enlisted:  11/12/1941                                      

Date Discharged:  2/2/1942

COMMENTS

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