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ERICKSON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1885 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1885, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1885, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1885, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 5010 Pte Henri Wilhelm Erickson 23rd Battalion AIF, was killed in action on 3 October 1917 in Belgium aged 41 years. Another brother, 1788 Pte Carl Leander Erickson served with the 58th Battalion and returned to Australia with illness in 1916. They were the sons of Carl and Wilhelmina Erickson of South Melbourne, Victoria. The father, Carl Erickson was born in Finland and came to Australia in about 1869.
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