WILKINSON  A.

Given Names:  Arthur

               

Service Number:  11961

Unit:  Supply Column 3, ASC 26                                                                                      

Rank:  Motor Transport Driver                                                                                         

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  27 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Chauffeur                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  33-37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Frederick Wilkinson

Middleton Hall Cottage, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England                                                  

Embarkation Date:  5/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Afric A19

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Persic    

Embarked:  13/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  29/8/1919

Unit:  3rd Motor Transport Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  13/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  47241

Victory Medal:  46416

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year: 

Place:  Melton, England                           

Father:  Frederick WILKINSON                

Mother:  Mary ALLEN

 

MARRIAGE

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Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 13/8/1969                          

Place: Macleod, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Lived at 37 Barton Street, Hawthorn on enlistment

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

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