Eric Charles SILLING

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Service Number:	116
Enlisted:	28 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Glenferrie, Victoria, April 1892
Home Town:	Ballan, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballan St. John's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honor, Ballan St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Shield, Ballan War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

28 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 116, Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 116, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 116, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 116, 10th Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge

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