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John Patrick ATKINSON

Regimental number4668
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolBoulder Catholic School and Christian Brothers College, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSteward
AddressBoulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Alexander Joseph Atkinson, 193 Wittenoom Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date13 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 31 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death20.7
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row F, Grave 19A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander J. and Annie Veronica ATKINSON, 193 Wittenoon Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

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