EKINS R.S.

Given Names:  Stanley Robert

Service Number:  370

Unit:  10th Machine Gun Company, 4th reinforcements                                                     

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  154765

Age:  18 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Warehouseman                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                  

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  31½-35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/8/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Frederick Ekins

13 Stirling Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  20/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Lincoln A17

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Stayed in England                            

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  4th Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  18/12/1918                     

Place:  England

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  2410

Victory Medal:  2410

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  25/1/1899

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Frederick EKINS                         

Mother:  Treandophelia WHITTINGHAM

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Elma boyd MURDOCH

DEATH

Date or Year: 1958                                 

Place: Woodend, Victoria                        

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Discharged for being on selection for a cadetship at the Cadet College, Wellington. 

Joined Indian Army

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Auburn State School

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

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