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Horace ATKINS

Regimental number4426
Place of birthErmington, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressKyogle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinFather, W A Atkins, Gosford, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of heart failure.
FateDied of disease 27 January 1917
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialDantzig Alley British Cemetery (Plot IX, Row J, Grave 3), Mametz, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: W.A. and Emma ATKINS, Native of Ermington, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4431 Pte Frank Rowland ATKINS, 2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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