Leslie Wilkins^[1]

1899 - 1957  (58 years)

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• Name	Leslie Wilkins
  Birth	13th August 1899	Chatham,Kent,England.,   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Oct 1957	Adelaide,South Australia,Australia.,
  Person ID	I299	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2026 | Edit

  
  

  Father	William Wilkins,   b. 29 Jun 1860, Chatham,Kent,England., d. 25 Apr 1932, Lewisham,London,England., (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Adelaide "Addie" Charlotte Ladbury,   b. 29 Jan 1862, Rochester,District of Medway,Kent,England., d. 15 Jan 1936, Lewisham,Kent,England., (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1881	Medway,Kent,England.,   [4]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Elizabeth "Patricia" Turner,   b. 26 March 1901, Blackwood,Adelaide,South Australia., d. 8 Apr 1984, Adelaide,South Australia,Australia., (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1928	Adelaide,South Australia,Australia.,   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Mollie Diane Wilkins,   b. December 21st 1930, Adelaide,South Australia,Australia., (Age 96 years)   2. John Ladbury Wilkins,   b. 9 February 1933, Adelaide,South Australia,Australia., (Age 93 years)   3. Natalie Alison Wilkins,   b. 23 October 1941, Adelaide,South Australia,Australia., (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2025 | Edit

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE 1911 England Census: WILKINS LESLIE M 1900 11 Lewisham London During World War I my father enlisted (at age 15 years) in the Royal Naval Flying Squadron and fought in Archangel in Russia. Source: Natalie Stroud. E-mail of 18 Apr 2007. Served in WW 1 as an Airframe Rigger in the Royal Flying Corps, including a stint in Russia. Migrated as a soldier-settler to Australia around 1919 after the war, clearing land at Redcliffs, North-West Victoria. Came to Adelaide early 1920s, worked in the building industry briefly before entering the motor tyre industry with a Goodyear tyre distributor until the South Australian Head Office was established. He was with that company for 27 years until his death in 1957. John Wilkins. E-mail of 20 Sept 2007. Embarked the "Marathon" in London for Melbourne (Australia) on 30 April. 1920 age 20 giving his occupation as "farm hand". He migrated after the war and would have gone from Melbourne to Redcliffs to the new soldier-settler blocks which opened in 1919. Redcliffs is close to the River Murray, which divides Victoria from New South Wales. He came to Adelaide after that. Source: John Wilkins. E-mail of 20 Sept 2007.

  
  

• Sources

  [S111] Natalie Stroud. E-mail of 18 Apr 2007. (Reliability: 3). [S294] 1901 England Census, Folio 68 (Reliability: 3). [S1063] 1901 England Census, (ancestry.ca), Folio 68 (Reliability: 3). [S22] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983 (Reliability: 3). [S28] Macbeth South Australia Marriage Index (Reliability: 3). [S27] Church Of Christ, ADELAIDE, SA, Australia.Register.1928., book 321 page 989 (Reliability: 3). Source: Belinda at [S27] Church Of Christ, ADELAIDE, SA, Australia.Register.1928., book 321 page 989 (Reliability: 3). Source: Belinda at «u»bmunro7@bigpond.com Date:24 July 2007«/u» [S27] Church Of Christ, ADELAIDE, SA, Australia.Register.1928. (Reliability: 3).