Individual Details

Ernest John "Ern" TOMKINS 🧬

(22 Dec 1894 - 22 Nov 1965)

According to FamilySearch Ancestoral File Ern was born in 1895
Bill's Death Certificate lists his occupation as farmer.

AIF Record
Ernest John TOMKINS
Regimental number 54
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address Dalby, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 30
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Tomkins, 373 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 13 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll "/6/15"
Rank on enlistment Private
Embarkation Unit or Regiment 7th Infantry Brigade
Unit name 26th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/43/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll Australian Flying Corps
Fate Returned to Australia 9 July 1919

A large part of Ern & Pansy's life was in Gladstone, a port with a checkered history.

Events

Birth22 Dec 1894Omeo, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Residence1903Wy Yung, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Residence1910Jimbour Estate, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Residence1911Drayton Road, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Military1914 - 1920At Sea
Military1915 - 1917Egypt, Turkey, France
Marriage3 Feb 1919Kendal Parish Church, Cumbria, England - Annie Barlow "Pansy" CRAGHILL 🧬⛵
Residence1921Occupation: Farmer - South Yaamba, Queensland, Australia
Residence1925Farmer - South Yaamba, Queensland, Australia
Residence1926Occupation: Farmer - Yaamba, Queensland, Australia
Residence1932Labourer - Yaamba, Queensland, Australia
Residence1936Road Ganger - Marlborough, Queensland, Australia
Military1940 - 1947Army, Citizen Military Forces - Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Residence1943Soldier - 58 Bolsover Street, Rockhampton Queensland, Australia
Residence1949Roseberry Street, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Residence1963Meatworker - 48 Glenlyon Street, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Death22 Nov 1965District Hospital, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Burial23 Nov 1965Position 7 Row 22 Section F, Gladstone Cemetery, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Ancestral File Number1396-C64
Reference No1946

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