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Charles Herbert WILKINS

Regimental number2220
Date of birth24 November 1894
Place of birthGigoomgan, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse breaker
AddressBiggenden, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.3
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Wilkins, Biggenden, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 March 1916
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 April 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date23 August 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2943 Driver Henry James WILKINS, Australian Army Service Corps, effective abroad.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 8 December 1916; discharged to duty, 7 March 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 90 days.

Wounded in action, 15 October 1917 (shrapnel wound, right arm)

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda',5 April 1918; discharged (medically unfit), 23 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12 June 1951
Age at death56
Place of burialMaryborough Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILKINS Charles Herbert

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