Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
William Perkins
A brief military biography of William Perkins
Address: Kyabram, Victoria.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation Age: 44.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/13/3.
Embarkation Unit name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
Enlistment date: 9 August 1915.
Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Married.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Next of kin: Wife, Mrs Hannah Perkins, Kyabram, Victoria.
Occupation: Estate Agent.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 6.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 167), Egypt.
Rank at death: Trooper [Tpr].
Rank on enlistment: Private.
Regimental number: 1359.
Religion: Baptist.
Unit from Nominal Roll: 8th Light Horse Regiment.
War Grave Register notes: 1359 Trooper William PERKINS, 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 23rd December 1916. Age 45. Son of Joseph and Isabella Perkins; husband of Hannah Perkins, of Kyabram, Victoria. Native of Cobden, Victoria, Australia. A. 167.
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, William Perkins
