Elliot Robert Watkins - Death Notice - The Advertiser |
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| Title : | Elliot Robert Watkins - Death Notice - The Advertiser |
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| Creator : | Carol Watkins | ||
| Date of creation : | Tuesday 5 June 1917 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
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| Description : |
THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL E.R. WATKINS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins, of the Rising Sun Hotel, Lobethal, have received notification of the death of their eldest son, Lance-Corporal Elliot Robert Watkins, who was killed in action on May 6 in France. He was born in Lobethal on May 16, 1879, and after spending his boyhood in the district left for Western Australia, where he was successful as a contractor. He enlisted in November, 1915, and sailed for Egypt in January, 1916. He gained his stripes in the fighting at Pozieres. Two brothers, Ernest and Lawrence, are in France, the latter having been wounded in action. |
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| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Place : | 1917 |
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