Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 19/07/1940
- Date of Discharge
- 16/10/1945
- Place of Enlistment
- Goulburn NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 14/12/1915
- Place of Birth
- Culcairn NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Causeway, Kingston ACT
- Occupation
- Boot maker
- Next of Kin
- Charles Wilkinson (father), Causeway, Kingston ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- NX60417
- Final Rank
- Corporal
- Final Unit
- 2/14 Field Regiment
Notes
Although the nominal roll states that Wilkinson served with the 2/14th Field Regiment (an artillery unit), he actually served with the 2/14th Field Company Engineers, in the Middle East from February 1941 to April 1942, then Papua from October 1942 to January 1944, and then New Guinea from November 1944 to September 1945. He married in 1942 before embarking for Port Moresby and died on 4 October 1968.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883
The Canberra Times - 27 December 1941, 14 December 1942
William Wilkinson. NAA service file.