William
Joseph
Dawkins
Born in South Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Letts Dawkins
and Rebecca (Wilkinson) Dawkins
Brother of
Annie Elizabeth (Dawkins) Bray, Albert Maynard Dawkins, Sarah (Dawkins) Roediger, Sydney Letts Dawkins OBE KStJ, Ina Maria Dawkins and John Howard Dawkins
Husband of
Gwendoline Elizabeth (Keipert) Dawkins
— married
4 Apr 1911 in Laura, South Australia
Descendants 
Died
at age 89
in Gawler River, South Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Nov 2013
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Biography
William was born in 1883. He is the son of Samuel Dawkins and Rebecca Wilkinson.
Taken from the Advertiser Thursday 20 October 1927
MORE MOTORISTS OFFEND Fines Aggregate £84 15/ For breaches of the Motor Vehicles Act the following persons were fined amounts aggregating £84 15/'by Mr. W. Hall, S.M., in the Adelaide Traffic Court this morning: Exceeded Speed Limit.--- William Joseph Dawkins (27 Bay road, Adelaide, October 7) £2
Taken from the Sydney Morning Herald Monday 1 January 1951
ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN NEW YEAR'S HONOURS Additional honours announced in the New Year's list released in Canberra last night (Office of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) CIVIL DIVISION William Joseph Dawkins, of Gawler River, South Australia For many years has been South Australian representative of the Australian Meat Board Is ex-president of the Commonwealth Clydesdale Horse Society (S A branch), ex-president of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, president of the Chamber of Rural Industries in South Australia, and a member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of South Australia.
His wife:
Gwendoline Elizabeth Dawkins Date of Death: 22/12/1976 (Aged 93 Years) Sex: Female Cremation Records for this Person Cremation Date: 24/12/1976
Bur: Gawler Riverstone Methodist Cemetery
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Dawes-663 and Dawkins-478 do not represent the same person because: Different surname and country of birth.
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