60th Battalion
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Arthur Tomkins was born in Creswick, but enlisted as a bricklayer from Ballarat on 24th October 1916. He was 21 years old and single. He was allocated to the 60th Infantry Battalion, with Regimental No. 3250. On 6th July 1918 he died of wounds received at Hamel, and is buried at Franvillers Communal Cemetery, France.
Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Arthur Tompkins.
