Regimental number | 9622 |
Place of birth | Muswellbrook New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Draper |
Address | Fawcett Street, Waratah, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, Tom Wilkins, Fawcett Street, Waratah, New South Wales |
Previous military service | 4th Australian Army Medical Corps |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Infantry Brigade 4, Field Ambulance 5, Reinforcement 10 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/48/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Name does not appear on Nominal Roll |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Medals |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a bearer subdivision. Although himself wounded in the head, he led his bearers forward, and when one of them was badly wounded he remained alone with him in a shallow trench for three hours under intense and concentrated shell fire, which finally smashed the stretcher on which the wounded man was lying. He eventually got him away to a place of safety, returned to look for more wounded, and succeeded in getting them away. He then reported his own wound'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219 Date: |
Date of death |