Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Tonkin, Richard Caleb Service Number 445

Killed in Action 19th August 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

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NAME Tonkin, Richard Caleb

SERVICE NO 445

UNIT 13th Battalion/ D Coy

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 31 yrs 2 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Taree, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Carpenter

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 28 Sept 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Rosehill Camp

PREVIOUS SERVICE 16 yrs Reserved Rifle Club

NEXT OF KIN Mother Margaret Jane Tonkin, Barton St., Kurri Kurri/ “Kundle” Woy Woy

Father;- John Ellis Tonkin, (dec) Brother;- Leslie George Tonkin, 1646, 20

th Btn (dec)

Sister;-Mrs Minnie Row, Barton St., Kurri Kurri Sister;- Mrs M Champion, 166 Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy/

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 10”. Weight 10st 6lbs. Chest-34-37” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. Scar on Shin

RELIGION

EMBARKED 22 Dec 1914 Melbourne per “Ulysses”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 9 Jun 1915- Influenza-Lemnos

DIED 19 Aug 1915- Gallipoli Peninsula

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-24955, British War Medal-6266, Victory Medal-6242. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-307494.

DEPENDANTS Mother;- Margaret Jane Tonkin

PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc, coin, badges/

WILL Beneficiary;- Mother

CORRESPONDENCE Mother/ Sister;- Mrs M Champion, 166 Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy/

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