Individual Details
William Francis "Bill" TOMKINS 🧬
(12 Nov 1921 - 1 Feb 1999)
Neil, in his eulogy, says dad was born on 12 Nov 1921.
His Funeral Service was at Albany Creek Crematorium, Brisbane.
Occupation on Death Certificate shown as Public Servant. He worked 43 years with the Queensland Registrar General's Department rising to the position of Deputy Registrar General for a short time before retirement.
William Francis TOMKINS also lived in Vera St, Toowong with the Everest family while attending High School.
His Funeral Service was at Albany Creek Crematorium, Brisbane.
Occupation on Death Certificate shown as Public Servant. He worked 43 years with the Queensland Registrar General's Department rising to the position of Deputy Registrar General for a short time before retirement.
William Francis TOMKINS also lived in Vera St, Toowong with the Everest family while attending High School.
Events
| Birth | 12 Nov 1921 | cnr Archer & Telford Streets, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |  | ||
| Military | 1 Dec 1941 | 26 AUST BDE SIGS - Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia | | ||
| Marriage | 9 Feb 1946 | Toowong Methodist Church, Toowong, Queensland, Australia - Zena Harriet WHELAN 🧬 | | ||
| Residence | 1947 | Morris or Chermside St, Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Quensland, Australia | |||
| Residence | 1949 | Public Servant - Oliver Street, Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | | ||
| Residence | 1954 | Public Servant - 48 Broseley Road, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | | ||
| Residence | 1980 | Public servant - 48 Broseley Road, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | | ||
| Death | 1 Feb 1999 | 1. Mesothielioma 2. Minimal change nephrotic syndrome - Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia |  | ||
| Cremation | 5 Feb 1999 | Bed Position #18A, Royal Garden, Heritage Park Crematorium Memorial Gardens, Goodna, Queensland, Australia | | ||
| Alt name | Frank TOMKINS | ||||
| Reference No | 1947 |
Families
| Spouse | Zena Harriet WHELAN 🧬 (1920 - 2009) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Ernest John "Ern" TOMKINS 🧬 (1894 - 1965) |
| Mother | Annie Barlow "Pansy" CRAGHILL 🧬⛵ (1894 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Elsie May "Lottie" TOMKINS (1920 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Leslie Fancourt "Les" TOMKINS (1926 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
QLD Registration number: 1921/C/13696Military
World War Two ServiceVeteran Details
Name: TOMKINS, WILLIAM FRANCIS
Service: Australian Army
Service Number: QX34893 (Q108648)
Date of Birth: 12 Nov 1921
Place of Birth: ROCKHAMPTON, QLD
Date of Enlistment: 01 Dec 1941
Locality on Enlistment: TOOWONG, QLD
Place of Enlistment: KELVIN GROVE, QLD
Next of Kin: TOMKINS, ZENA
Date of Discharge: 18 Jun 1946
Rank: Signalman
Posting at Discharge: 26 AUST BDE SIGS
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
Name William Francis Tomkins
Birth Date 12 Nov 1921
Birth Place Rockhampton, Queensland
Enlistment Date 1940-1947
Enlistment Place Kelvin Grove
Military Service Branch Army, Second Australian Imperial Force
Service Number Qx34893
Next of Kin Zena Tomkins
Series Description B883: Army, 2nd Al F
Marriage
QLD Registration number: 1946/B/5639Residence
Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980Name: William Francis Tomkins
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1949
Electoral Place: Kedron, Petrie, Queensland, Australia
Residence
Lived at this address until his death in hospital in 1999.Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: William Franics Tomkins
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1954
Electoral Place: Toowong, Ryan, Queensland, Australia
Residence
Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980Name: William Francis Tomkins
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1980
Electoral Place: Toowong, Ryan, Queensland, Australia
Cremation
Plaque is in Royal Garden, bed position #18AEndnotes
1. D.B. Tanner, Registrar General, Queensland Death Certificate, 5 75589.