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Henry Mark WILKINSON

Regimental number4384
Place of birthBlyth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Age on arrival in Australia15
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressErina, Chiswick, Five Dock, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E A Wilkinson, Erina, Blackwall Point Road, Chiswick, Five Dock, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in 32nd Bn, Compulsory Military Training scheme.
Enlistment date10 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 September 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19-20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Arthur and Elizabeth Ann WILKINSON
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to 54th from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19-20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILKINSON Henry Mark

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