Eric Harold RAPKINS

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Service Number:	337
Enlisted:	21 October 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Duranbah, New South Wales, 26 August 1891
Home Town:	Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cane Cutter (later Lighthouse keeper)
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 21 July 1947, aged 55 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
Memorials:

21 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 337
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 337, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 337, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 337, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
24 Aug 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 337, 15th Infantry Battalion

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