Tasmanian War Casualties

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Atkins, George Ernest

Born 17^th July 1895 Clarence Tasmania to Charles Lewis and Ellen Elizabeth Atkins (nee Ford) a Waiter who departed Melbourne 5^th January 1916 on board “HMAT Afric” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was first listed missing in action which was later changed to killed in action 19^th August 1916 and commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

F.N. Lewis 4327 stated

“We went over the top together at Moquet Farm where he was hit with shrapnel and that was the end of him. He died instantly. I knew him well as he lived near me at Lindisfarne.”

His brother, Pte Frederick John Atkins of the 26^th Infantry Battalion was also killed in action

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