GREENBAUM, Samuel Eric
| Service Numbers: | 3109, V400546 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mount Macedon, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop keeper |
| Died: | Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 1948, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria MGC-JEW-Comp-Z-No-316 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3109 | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3109, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Wounded Private, 3109, GSW scalp, France; 30/06/1916 Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth; 5/07/1916 Transferred to Woodcote Park Hospital, Epsom | |
| 22 Apr 1917: | Wounded Private, 3109, GSW back of neck, France; 26/04/1917 Admitted 1st London General Hospital | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Embarked Private, 3109, Returned to Australia per hospital transport "City of Poona" | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3109 |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V400546, Reenlisted at Gisborne, Victoria | |
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| 27 Jul 1942: | Enlisted V400546 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged V400546 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Abramson
Samuel Eric Greenbaum was the first son and second child of Moses Greenbaum and Rosetta Marks. At the time of his enlistment, his occupation was given as mercer. He suffered several illnesses during his service in France including influenza, scabies and furunculosis. He was also wounded a couple of times (see service history).
In 1921 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He became secretary of the Jewish Young People's Association. He argued the affirmative case that "War is of benefit to man" in a debate that they held in East St Kilda. This was probably not a popular view at the time. He also defended Australian goods at a meeting of the Australian Natives Association.
Eric and his wife Dorothy (generally known as Doll) established a general store in Mount Macedon, 50km north west of Melbourne. They had no children of their own. Their nephew Geoff remembered visiting the store and being offered sweets.
Eric was well known in local football circles. He was a member of the independent tribunal of the Riddell District Football League. He was also a commissioner of the Mt Macedon Water Works Trust. He died suddenly at the relatively young age of 56 years.
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