Eric Anderson WHITING

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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

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, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1443, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
27 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1435, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1435 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-27

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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