Robert Thomas BUCKINGHAM MM

BUCKINGHAM, Robert Thomas

    Service Number: 3239
    Enlisted: 2 July 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 1894
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Railway employee
    Died: 25 January 1968, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion
    11 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    11 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    18 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gassed
    22 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
    7 Mar 1918: Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, During the operation east of YPRES on 20/23rd September, Pte. BUCKINGHAM who was the sole survivor of a Lewis Gun team kept his gun in working order under very heavy artillery fire. He was buried once by a shell burst but remained at duty until his gun was blown out that night.
    26 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3239, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gassed
    10 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion, Wounded by unknown assailant at Perham Downs while on guard duty - GSW to right elbow

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    The Buckingham Brothers from Ballarat

    Pte George Henry BUCKINGHAM, 16th Infantry Bn, SRN 6237, Died Bullecourt 1 11/4/1917

    Pte William Samuel Ezekiel BUCKINGHAM, 16th Infantry Bn, SRN 6238, Died Bullecourt 1 11/4/1917

    Cpl Robert Thomas ‘Bob’ Buckingham MM, SRN 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion, Returned

    Pte Frank Buckingham, SRN 4941 8th Infantry Battalion and SRN 6236 16th Infantry Battalion, returned

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