atkins, arthur shoobridge

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Atkins, Arthur Shoobridge Service Number 2763

Killed in Action 6th October 1917 Belgium

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And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Atkins, Arthur Shoobridge /note listed as Shoebridge

SERVICE NO 2763

UNIT 40th Battalion. 6

th Reinforcements

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 38 yrs 4 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Coventry, Warrickshire, England

ADDRESS c/- father;- C J Atkins, “Painswick” Audley St. Nth Hobart

OCCUPATION Orchardist

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 9 Jun 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Hobart, Tasmania

PREVIOUS SERVICE S Rhodesian Volunteers, 2 yrs

NEXT OF KIN Wife- Annie Scott Atkins

Father;- C J Atkins, “Painswick” Audley St. Nth Hobart (see Will)

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height;- 5’ 10” Weight;- 174 lbs

Chest Measurement, 37-40” Complexion;- Fair Eyes;- Blue

Hair;- Brown

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Melbourne 6 Dec 1916 per Orsova

DISEMBARKED Plymouth, 17 Feb 1917

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 6 Oct 1917 -KIA field Belgium

BURIED Re-buried Tyne Cot British Cemetery Passchendale Plot 35 Row D Gve 7

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-, British War Medal-, Victory Medal-. Memorial Plaque -

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Diary, notebook, letters, map, photo, silver wrist watch and strap, compass, magnifying glass, purse, 50 Centimes note, 5 coins, fountain pen, safety razor rule.

WILL 16 Jul 1917, Witness were R O Shoobridge (2784) 40th

Bn. Of Glenora, Tas-mania, Farmer & R C Snowden (3109) Soldier, 40

th Bn.

CORRESPONDENCE

REMARKS On enlistment wife’s address was same as Father-in-law, later changed to c/- Allan Moore Esq. “Mitchin” Fairlight St. Manly, NSW.

RED CROSS REPORT Informant Pte D J Flynn 2814 40th

Btn D Coy 14th

Pltn. 3rd

A A Hpl Dart-ford

31.12.1917

I saw him Killed at Ypres. He was caught by a shell & very badly knocked about, death being instantaneous.” Informant;- Lt Reginald Chas Walters 40

th AIF B Co. 5 Pl 3

rd London Gen-

eral Hosp, Wadsworth 7.12.1917

I was told by the Coy Commander & men of the platoon that Atkins was killed in the Assembly trench on 4/10/1917. he was buried in the neighbourhood of Passchendaele. Informant;- Cpl R C Shoobridge 2764 40

th Btn D Coy.

Atkins is my cousin & in B Coy. I hear he was killed at Brood ????. I have a letter from Mrs Isabel Atkins (22 Upper Belgrave Rd. Clifton, Bristol) telling me that Atkins is buried at Levi Cottage, near Zonnebeeke (Letter produced & particulars read.) Place of burial ¾ of a mile N. of Zonnebeeke Village (map reading D.15d.O.O)

CERTIFIED by Div Burials Officer 3rd

Aust. Div Fauquembergues.

SYDNEY MORING HERALD NOVEMBER 10

TH 1917. P14.

Mr A.S. Atkins has received news that her husband, Corporal Arthur S. Atkins, Was killed in action in France on October 4. He left Tasmania in December 1916.

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD NOVEMBER 10

TH 1917.

ROLL OF HONOR

ATKINS – Killed in action, October 4, Arthur S. Atkins, Tasmania, dearly loved husband of Nancy Atkins,

32 Fairlight-street, Manly.

Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3038430

Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3038430

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