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Joseph Bertie ATKINSON

Regimental number4728
Place of birthMillchester, Charters Towers, Queensland
SchoolMillchester State School, Charters Towers, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLinesman
AddressGreenmount, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Miss A E Atkinson, Pumping Station, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date7 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 May 1918
Place of death or woundingBouzencourt, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot IX, Row D, Grave 2A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Richard Teary and Elizabeth ATKINSON. Native of Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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