Awarded Military Medal :---'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under very heavy shell fire on the YPRES MENIN Road on 25th September, 1917. He was continuously on post, controlling traffic in the danger zone and under heavy shell fire. He set a splendid example and was instrumental in saving lorries loaded with munitions from being destroyed by shell fire, and no doubt many lives.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 66 Date: 2 May 1918 Australian War Memorial.
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).
Recommendation date: 10 October 1917
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Service number:--- 1542
Born:--- Morven, Queensland, 15th March 1890.
Religion:--- Methodist
Civilian employment:--- Labourer
Home Address:--- Mount Darry via Toowoomba, Queensland.
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 5 months.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Benjamin Jackson Adkins, Mount Derry via Toowoomba, QLD.
Attested into AIF:--- 23rd August 1915, in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A23 Suffolk,30th Nov 1915.
Final Rank prior to discharge:--- Sergeant
Final Unit:--- Australian Army Provost Corps
Fate:--- Returned to Australia, 12th July 1919
War service:--- Egypt, Western Front
Medals:--- Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory medal
Parents:--- Benjamin Jackson Adkins and Harriett Lawson married 15th December 1866
North Frodingham, Yorkshire, England.
Wife:--- Bertha Elizabeth Handford married Walter, 21st October 1915, inToowoomba, Queensland
Death:--- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16th March 1969, aged 79 years, cause of death unknown to date.
Burial:--- Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland