atkins, horace

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Atkins, Horace Service Number 4426

Died of Heart Failure 27th January 1917 France

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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NAME ATKINS-Horace

SERVICE NO 4426

UNIT

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 34 yrs 3 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Ermington, Sydney, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 10 Sept 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Lismore, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- William Alfred Atkins-Woodport Nursery, Erina via Gosford, NSW (mother Emma nee Rossbridge)

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 4¼”. Weight 10 stone 13½lbs. Chest-33-39” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION C of E

EMBARKED Brisbane- HMAT A62 “Wandilla” 31 Jan 1916

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS Wounded -shell shock 10 Aug 1916

24 Aug 1916 France-to Hospital

DIED DOD- Suddenly- Heart Failure 27 Jan 1917 France

BURIED Buried Mametz Camp Frave No B. Fd Central 57c S W By V R. Bradbury. Re-buried Danzig Alley British Cemetery, 3½ miles East of Mametz Albert, France.

MEDALS British War Medal-31298, Victory Medal-31074. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-316297- to father.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS To Father;- W A Atkins, Gosford. Watch (damaged), letters, cards, 2 badges, pendant

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Letters from Father. Mrs L Paton, Queen’s Hotel, Ruthven St. Toowoomba Qld

Sister;- Ella Atkins, 41 Foster St, Sydney.

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT

NEWSPAPER RE-PORTS

Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3038655

Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3038655

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