Herbert Baynes WATKINS

Regimental number2724
Place of birthBath England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Watkins, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
Enlistment date17 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 February 1917
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles James and Maria Elizabeth WATKINS.