Wilfred James Hawkins

Service number: 3065

Rank: Private

Unit: 34th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Wilfrid Hawkins was born at Beaconsfield, Tasmania in 1897. He was a warehouseman. He enlisted on 1 February 1917, giving his mother Sarah, of 17a Smith Street, Manly, as next of kin.

He embarked on the Benallaon 10 May 1917. He contracted VD on 24 November 1917.

He was wounded in action on 5 March 1918 and required a blood infusion. He was again wounded in action in France on 22 August 1918, requiring the amputation of his right foot.

He returned to Australia on the Marathon on 19 April 1919.