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ATKINSON, Thomas Christopher
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1151 |
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Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Pontville Tasmania, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Soldier's Hill State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HMHS Dongola, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 44, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Pontville Tasmania, Australia | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
26 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to abdomen received at Quinn's Post during a Turkish counter attack. Evacuated to HMHS Dongola, where he died of his wounds several days later on 2 May 1915 en-route to Egypt. | |
2 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1151 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Died of wounds on board HMT Dongola and was buried at sea.
Son of Thomas Richard and Catherine Atkinson, of Great Western, Victoria, Australia. Native of Ballarat.
Brother of William G Atkinson, Skipton, Victoria