Atkins, Alfred Stanley

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Atkins, Alfred Stanley Service Number 5970A Died of illness 27th December 1916 Military Hospital Fargo, England

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NAME

ATKINS-Alfred Stanley

SERVICE NO

5970A

UNIT

3rd Btn

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

24yrs 7½mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Urunga, Bellinger River, NSW

ADDRESS

Urunga, Bellinger River, NSW

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

3 Jan 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Two years Colonial Forces

NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 3 Jan 1916 Bellingen, NSW

Brother-Joseph J Atkins – Urunga, Bellinger River, Nth Coast NSW (parents deceased) Height-5’ 9”.Weight -140lbs . Chest 33 extended Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey/Blue. Hair-Light Brown.

Only right testicle in scrotum Left un-descended. Prominent left chest hardly amounting to deformity. (underdeveloped) ?

RELIGION

C of E

EMBARKED

“Wiltshire”

DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

Admitted (ship A18 “Wiltshire”) hospital 23 Aug 1916-VD Mumps- disembarked Fremantle. Re-embarked “Suffolk” to Plymouth Bronco/ Pneumonia

DIED

27 Dec 1916- Bronco-Pneumonia, Military Hospital Fargo England

BURIED

29 Dec 1916-Durrington Cemetery Wiltshire, Gve 138 (Right side Cemetery path).

British War Medal-45602, Memorial Plaque -302245.

MEDALS DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS RED CROSS REPORT NEWSPAPER REPORTS

To brother

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