AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE

WORLD WAR I  (AIF)  1914-1918

• ATKINSON      No. 2373A     Private Richard Burt ATKINSON  (Bert)


 
 

Born 01 February 1892 Muttaburra, Queensland
Son of Joseph Richard ATKINSON and Emily Maria WEIR
Occupation Labourer.  Address at enrolment was Strovers Hotel,Cloncurry.
Enlisted with 11th Infantry at Charters Towers 13 March 1916  aged 24
Embarked Brisbane on HMAT A49 "Seang Choon" 19 September 1916
with 52nd Infantry Battalion 5th Reinf.
Private 2373 - reallotted Regimental Number 2373A on 7Mar1917
Taken on strength 47th Bn, served in France. Wounded in action 28 March1918 - admitted to 3rd Canadian
Stationary Hospital, then transferred to Norfolk War Hospital in England.
Taken on strength 1 Command Depot, Overseas Training Brigade, 4 MG Bn
Returned to Australia on HT "Port Napier"  Arrived Sydney 4 July 1919  Discharged Brisbane 13 Aug 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
 
Anyone interested in further information on the 47th Bn please contact Wayne Cowan, who has transcribed the 1916-1918 War Diaries. Email Wayne
 
 
 
 

• COWAN           No. 3737     Private Thomas James COWAN   (Tom)         Killed in Action



Born 29 September 1894 in Westwood, Queensland, son of Edye COWAN & Bridget COMERFORD
Occupation Grazier   Height 5ft 9ins, brown eyes, red hair.
Enlisted at Rockhampton 5 June 1917 aged 21
Embarked Sydney on A14."Euripides" 31 October 1917 with 10th Reinforcement 52nd Battalion.
Served with 52th Battalion, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
Missing in action 24 April 1918  - later amended to Killed in Action.  Aged 23 years
Buried at Adelaide British Cemetery Villers Bretonneux, France
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

                                   (further update on Tom to come)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• EGAN              No. 1574     Driver Patrick Hugh EGAN   (Paddy)          Died of Wounds


 
 

Born 20 January 1893 in Aramac, Queensland
Son of Charles Henry EGAN & Elizabeth WILKINSON
Occupation Wool Presser   Height 6ft,  grey eyes, brown hair
Enlisted with 13th Aust Light Horse at Hughenden 17 August 1915 aged 22
Embarked Sydney on A23."Suffolk" 30 November 1915 with 12th Reinforcements 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Served as Driver with 2nd D.A.C.(Divisional Ammunition Column),1st Light Horse Regiment , and 4th FAB
(Field Artillery Brigade)
Died of wounds received in action 30 September 1917 at Ypres, Belgium.  Aged 24 years
Buried at Menin Road South Military Cemetery Ypres Belgium.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• EGAN              No. 90        Private William Andrew EGAN   (Bill)


 
 
 

Born 30 November 1894 in Aramac, Queensland
Son of Charles Henry EGAN & Elizabeth WILKINSON
Occupation Station Hand   Height 5ft 8ins,  blue eyes, fair hair
Enlisted with 11th Infantry at Rockhampton 25 November 1915 aged 20
Embarked Sydney on HMAT  A30 "Borda" 5 June 1916 with 42nd Infantry Battalion "A" Company
Served with "A"Coy 13th DB, "A"Coy 42nd.Bath
Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, England with Conjuctivitis and Trachoma 28 October 1916
Returned To Austrialia  on No.1 Hospital Ship "Karoola"   Arrived Sydney 29 August 1917
Discharged due Acute Trachoma 4 October 1917
Medals: British War Medal.
Died 16 January 1939 aged 44 years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• SMITH             No. 343      Private Herbert Cleveland SMITH  (Bert)       Killed in Action


 
 
Born 30 January 1886 in Copperfield, Queensland, son of Howard SMITH and Martha Lydia COWAN
Occupation Engine Driver    Height  5 ft 61/4 ins,  blue eyes, fair hair.
Enlisted with 12th Infantry at Clermont 22 September 1914 aged 28
Embarked Port Melbourne on HMAT A40 "Ceramic" 22 December 1914 with 15th Infantry Battalion "B" Coy
Served with 15th Battalion "B" Company.    On 25 April 1915 landed from "Australind" on Gallipoli Peninsula,
Anzac Cove. "B" Company was sent up Shrapnel Gully under fire to Quinn's Post.
Killed in Action 28 April 1915 at Quinn's Post   Aged 29 years
Buried at Pope's Hill Cemetery, later re-interred in the Quinn's Post Cemetery  (3/4 mile NE of Anzac Cove)
Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

           
 
 

• WILKINSON    No.1924     Gunner Henry WILKINSON                         Killed in Action



Born 23 September 1896 in Longreach, Queensland
Son of Thomas Henry WILKINSON and Mary Ann ROSS
Occupation Labourer   Height  5 ft 21/2 ins,  grey eyes, brown hair.
Native of Baree, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Enlisted at Rockhampton 6 September 1915 aged 18
Embarked       (TBA)       ,Trooper with 1st Light Horse Brigade, 2nd Light Horse Regiment 13th Reinforcements.
Served with 2nd Light Horse Regiment 13th Reinforcements, 1st Light Horse Reserve Regiment, 4th Div Artillery,
11th Aust Field Artillery Brigade mustered Gunner & posted to 41st Battery,
4th D.A.C,  11th Aust Field Artillery
Brigade 41st Battery
Killed in Action 17 September 1917 Ypres Belgium  Aged 20 years
Buried at Menin Road South Military Cemetery Ypres Belgium.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
 
 
 
 

EGAN            QFX 59031     Sister Gertrude Mary EGAN   (May)

 
 
 
 

Born 28 March 1906 in Aramac, Queensland
Dau of Charles Henry EGAN & Elizabeth WILKINSON
Trained at a nurse in 1931 at the Mackay District Hospital
Served with the AANS (Qld) in New Guinea from 1942-1946
with the 2 / 11 Australian General Hospital in Lae and Madang.
Died circa 1986 in Brisbane aged 79

• COWAN  Wayne R. J.


 
 

Served with 104 Signal Squadron in South Vietnam at NUI DAT with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF)  from 25 April 1967 to 21 March 1968
I recommend reading a very interesting account of Wayne's experiences in Vietnam posted on the 104 Sig Sqn site
 
 

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I should be very happy to hear from anyone who can provide any further details on the above.
Many thanks to Bronwyn for locating the photo of Herbert Cleveland SMITH.

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