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ATKINSON, Ernest Andrew Campbell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Denilquin Public School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial |
| Memorials: | Deniliquin War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1, 9th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Shot in the lower abdomen by a sniper during an advance at Passchendaele Ridge on the 13 October 1917, Campbell Atkinson, who had just been made Lieutenant, was carried in by several of his men but died of his wounds some 5 hours later.