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Edwin HAWKINS

Regimental number4724
Place of birthLondon
SchoolLondon Middlesex
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSeaman
Address21 Macquarie Street, North Williamstown Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs Osyth Hawkins, 21 Macquarie Street, North Williamstown Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceRoyal and Australian Navy, 17.6 years
Enlistment date23 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death33
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row E, Grave No. II), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jane HAWKINS; husband of Osyth HAWKINS, 21 Macquarie Street, Williamstown, Victoria. Native of London
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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