Private Arthur William Wilkins
- Rank
- Private
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1916 Western Front
- Service number
- 2691
- Unit
- 11 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Pozieres, France
- Date of death
- 25 July 1916
- Age
- 28
- Plaque number
- MW38
- Dedicated by
- His family on 21 October 2000
- More information
Private Arthur William Wilkins 2691 (1889-1916, born Northam, Western Australia) enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill (Greenmount), Western Australia, on 23 June 1915 and was trained at there. He was assigned to 8th Reinforcements, 11th Australian Infantry Battalion and embarked for the Egypt in September 1915. He was sent to Gallipoli, Turkey, in October 1915 and back to Egypt following the withdrawal from Gallipoli in December 1915. He disembarked at Marseilles, France, on 5 April 1916 when the Battalion was transferred to the Western Front. On 25 July 1916, he was one of 61 soldiers from the Battalion killed in action on that day during the Battle of Pozieres, France (23 July 1916-3 September 1916).
Private Wilkins has no known grave and his official memorial is the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. His Place of Association is Goomalling, Western Australia.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his family on 21 October 2000. He is the son of William Wilkins (1865-1958) and Susanah Wilkins (nee Melbin) (1865-1914) of Goomalling. The plaque applicant is his nephew Barry Long, a Kings Park Honour Avenues volunteer and son of his sister Hilda Emily Long (nee Wilkins) (c1906-1957).
Private Wilkins is remembered with honour.