Mark Benjamin ATKINSON

ATKINSON, Mark Benjamin

Service Number: NX11082
Enlisted: 26 March 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Maryport, Cumberland, England, 8 November 1907
Home Town: Gordon, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Commercial Traveller
Died: New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1999, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Dawson River Cemetery, New South Wales
PLOT : Sect. Lawn; Space Z2-2763
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World War 2 Service

26 Mar 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11082, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
3 Apr 1941: Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11082, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, After receiving GSW to the abdomen and wrist, Pte. Atkinson remained temp. medically unfit for duty until his eventual discharge 17 APR 1942 ("medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own default").
17 Apr 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX11082, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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