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Edward Sherard HAWKINS

Regimental number1658
Place of birthWedderburn, Victoria
SchoolScotch College, Claremont, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLaw clerk
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Ernest Edward Hawkins, 'Delamere', Goldsmith Road, Claremont, Western Australia
Previous military service30th Signal Company Army Engineers
Enlistment date24 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 March 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death20.8
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Row D, Grave No. 20), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Georgiana HAWKINS, Armadale road, Kelmscott, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsNorman Castel, uncle killed 108th Horutzer Battery
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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