Individual Details
Edwin Walter "Ted" TOMKINS
(4 Jun 1897 - 24 Aug 1918)
Edwin reported wounded. (The Argus Friday 26 April 1918)
TOMKINS, Private E. W. - Mr. and Mrs Edwin Tomkins, of Hinnomunjie, Omeo, have been informed that their son, Private Edwin Walter Tomkins (Ted), was killed in action on August 24 in France. (The Argus Monday 14 October 1918 )
First World War Embarkation Rolls - Edwin Walter Tomkins
Service Number: 4240
Rank: Private
Roll title: 26 Infantry Battalion - 9 to 12 Reinforcements (January-April 1916)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 28 March 1916
Place of embarkation: Brisbane
Ship embarked on: HMAT Commonwealth A73
Age: 18
Trade: Bank Clerk
Marital Status: Single
Address: Commercial Bank, Brisbane, Queensland
Mother: Mrs Ester Tomkins, Hinno-munjie, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Date of Enlistment: 27.9.15
Pay: 5/- per day
Gun Shot Wound R leg 8 Apr 1918. Recuperated at No.1 Austustralian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England from 16 Jan 1917 to at least 29 Jan 1917.
Killed in Action 24 August 1918, France
Buried Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France.
Roll of Honour - Edwin Walter Tomkins
Service Number: 4240A
Rank: Private
Unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Service: Australian Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of death: 24 August 1918
Place of death: France
Cause of death: Killed in action
Age at death: 21
Place of association: Omeo, Australia
Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Barry says: Edwin was killed (gassed) in WW1, a couple of months before armistice.
TOMKINS, Private E. W. - Mr. and Mrs Edwin Tomkins, of Hinnomunjie, Omeo, have been informed that their son, Private Edwin Walter Tomkins (Ted), was killed in action on August 24 in France. (The Argus Monday 14 October 1918 )
First World War Embarkation Rolls - Edwin Walter Tomkins
Service Number: 4240
Rank: Private
Roll title: 26 Infantry Battalion - 9 to 12 Reinforcements (January-April 1916)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 28 March 1916
Place of embarkation: Brisbane
Ship embarked on: HMAT Commonwealth A73
Age: 18
Trade: Bank Clerk
Marital Status: Single
Address: Commercial Bank, Brisbane, Queensland
Mother: Mrs Ester Tomkins, Hinno-munjie, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Date of Enlistment: 27.9.15
Pay: 5/- per day
Gun Shot Wound R leg 8 Apr 1918. Recuperated at No.1 Austustralian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England from 16 Jan 1917 to at least 29 Jan 1917.
Killed in Action 24 August 1918, France
Buried Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France.
Roll of Honour - Edwin Walter Tomkins
Service Number: 4240A
Rank: Private
Unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Service: Australian Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of death: 24 August 1918
Place of death: France
Cause of death: Killed in action
Age at death: 21
Place of association: Omeo, Australia
Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Barry says: Edwin was killed (gassed) in WW1, a couple of months before armistice.
Events
| Birth | 4 Jun 1897 | Omeo, Victoria, Australian Colonies | |||
| Military | 27 Sep 1915 | Australian Machine Gun Corps - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |  | ||
| Death | 24 Aug 1918 | Killed in action in France - Fouilloy, France | | ||
| Burial | Aft 24 Aug 1918 | Grave 1, Row C, Plot 9, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery B, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France | |||
| Ancestral File Number | 1396-90J |
Families
| Father | Edwin TOMKINS (1862 - 1950) |
| Mother | Esther COLLETT (1869 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth May "May" TOMKINS (1894 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Cecil Henry TOMKINS (1896 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Herbert Thomas TOMKINS (1899 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Esther Martha "Essie" TOMKINS (1902 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Frederick John TOMKINS (1903 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Captain Reginald Collett "Reg" TOMKINS O.B.E. (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Alan William George TOMKINS (1912 - 2001) |
Notes
Military
Private EDWIN WALTER TOMKINSService Number: 4240A
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Australian Machine Gun Corps
3rd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 24 August 1918
Age 21 years old
Buried or commemorated at
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
IX. C. 1.
France