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WILKINS, Arthur Edwin
(Service number 49039)

Aliases	Arty
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. Wilkins (mother), Pareora West, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, G Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	20 October 1984	Age	89
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Waters recalls: "Arty Wilkins was my step-grandfather and I remember him as a kindly soul who never mentioned his wartime experiences. before the war he was employed as a farmer and worked for the Timaru City Council at the refuse dump south of Timaru."

Sources

Cenotaph database (12 December 2014); SCRoll web submission from J Waters, 11 December 2014 & 28 January 2015

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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