Individual Details

David TOMKINS 🧬

(21 Apr 1895 - 6 Feb 1956)

Events

Birth21 Apr 1895Omeo, Victoria, Australia
Military29 Feb 1916Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marriage14 Apr 1920Queensland, Australia - Dorothy Kathleen VAUGHAN
Occupation1922Lengthsman - Cooladdi, Queensland, Australia
Residence1925Boonah, Morton, Queensland, Australia
Residence1930Stanthorpe, Maranoa, Queensland, Australia
Occupation1930Labourer - Ballandean, Queensland, Australia
Death6 Feb 1956Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BurialFeb 1956Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Ancestral File Number1396-8M9

Families

SpouseDorothy Kathleen VAUGHAN (1900 - 1984)
ChildSylvia Pearl TOMKINS (1921 - 2003)
ChildEdward David TOMKINS 🧬 (1923 - )
FatherThomas Fancourt TOMKINS snr 🧬 (1861 - 1949)
MotherSarah Ann MARTIN (1869 - 1926)
SiblingLouisa Lucy TOMKINS (1888 - 1974)
SiblingWilliam Henry TOMKINS 🧬 (1890 - 1937)
SiblingThomas Fancourt TOMKINS (1892 - 1974)
SiblingElsie Grace TOMKINS (1898 - 1986)
SiblingArthur TOMKINS (1900 - 1987)
SiblingCharles Leonard TOMKINS (1902 - 1990)
SiblingAlbert John TOMKINS (1905 - 1973)
SiblingFrank TOMKINS (1909 - 1967)
SiblingErnest TOMKINS (1912 - 1987)

Notes

Military

First World War Embarkation Rolls - David Tomkins
Service Number: 6211
Rank: Private
Roll title: 17th Infantry Brigade, 26 Infantry Battalion, 17th Reinforcements (May-December 1916)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 27 October 1916
Place of embarkation: Brisbane
Ship embarked on: HMAT Marathon A74
Age: 21
Trade: Labourer
Marital Status: Single
Address: Miles, Queensland
Mother: Mrs Sarah Ann Tomkins, Columboola, Queensland
Religion: C. of E.
Date of Enlistment: 29.2.16
Pay: 5/- per day

Serial No. 6211, joined 29 Feb 1916 Machine Gun Corps, Unit 17 26 Battalion - next of kin Sarah Ann, mother.

Trevor Tomkins says: He fought in WW1 in Flanders etc and was wounded on two occasions.

Marriage

ref: B025013 Page 3802

Residence

Occupation 1925
Fettler

Burial

David and Dorothy had 2 children