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Haskins, William, 1891 - 1966
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Name William Haskins, 1891 - 1966BiographyDate of Birth: 12 September 1891, Redcliffe (Qld.)
Date of Death: 22 June 1966, Redcliffe (Qld.)
Buried: Redcliffe Cemetery, 24 June, 1966
William Haskins was born at Humpybong in 1891 the son of Thomas Haskins and Margaret Whelan, a well-known pioneer family. William attended Humpybong State School and he enlisted in October 1916. He appears to have led a charmed life in the trenches. Wounded in several battles in France he was awarded the Military Medal, the citation reading:
On 12th August, 1918, during operations on the Somme, near Proyart, when the Battalion was advancing on Proyart Ridge, this man was severely wounded, and after having the wound dressed he continued the advance but was immediately again wounded. After receiving further attention he advanced with his Company until blown over with a shell. He continued to advance with the remainder of another Platoon and engaged enemy machine gun with rifle fire. Stretcher bearers being wounded he volunteered to carry out a very heavy man, and did so under intense machine gun and ground shrapnel fire, bringing the wounded man two and a half kilometres to the RAP. [Commonwealth Gazette No 61, dated 23 May 1919].
William was finally discharged in August 1920 and returned to life on the farm at Redcliffe. Not long after his return he broke his leg in a riding accident. It was discovered that a piece of shrapnel had lodged close to the bone in the broken leg which ultimately led to an amputation of the leg below the knee. William married Emily Eliza Trinder in 1925.Birth date12 September 1891Death date22 June 1966
Date of Death: 22 June 1966, Redcliffe (Qld.)
Buried: Redcliffe Cemetery, 24 June, 1966
William Haskins was born at Humpybong in 1891 the son of Thomas Haskins and Margaret Whelan, a well-known pioneer family. William attended Humpybong State School and he enlisted in October 1916. He appears to have led a charmed life in the trenches. Wounded in several battles in France he was awarded the Military Medal, the citation reading:
On 12th August, 1918, during operations on the Somme, near Proyart, when the Battalion was advancing on Proyart Ridge, this man was severely wounded, and after having the wound dressed he continued the advance but was immediately again wounded. After receiving further attention he advanced with his Company until blown over with a shell. He continued to advance with the remainder of another Platoon and engaged enemy machine gun with rifle fire. Stretcher bearers being wounded he volunteered to carry out a very heavy man, and did so under intense machine gun and ground shrapnel fire, bringing the wounded man two and a half kilometres to the RAP. [Commonwealth Gazette No 61, dated 23 May 1919].
William was finally discharged in August 1920 and returned to life on the farm at Redcliffe. Not long after his return he broke his leg in a riding accident. It was discovered that a piece of shrapnel had lodged close to the bone in the broken leg which ultimately led to an amputation of the leg below the knee. William married Emily Eliza Trinder in 1925.Birth date12 September 1891Death date22 June 1966
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Haskins, William, 1891 - 1966. Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 21/05/2025, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/24675
