Eric Anderson WHITING

WHITING, Eric Anderson

Service Numbers: 1435, 1443
Enlisted: 10 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, February 1895
Home Town: Taralga, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 July 1915
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 38 Chaplain A.G. Talbot officiated , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taralga St Luke's Anglican Church WHITING Memorial Tablet, Taralga War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1435, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1443, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1443, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
27 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1435, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry B Whiting and May Isabella Whiting of Orchard Street, Taralga, NSW

Commemorated in the Taralga Historical Museum, Taralga, NSW. Commemorative tablet had previously been in the Curraweela Anglican Cemetery