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MAKEHAM, Eric Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 353 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Place of Enlistment, Rockhampton, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Watereaton, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Tubulcular Condition, groin of right leg. , Cloncurry Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 28 March 1921 |
| Cemetery: |
Cloncurry Cemetery, Qld Plot 618 (GRM/4* - Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, QLD) |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 353, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Rockhampton, Queensland. | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 353, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 353, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 2 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Machine Gun Company, Reverts to Ranks | |
| 27 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 353, 1st Machine Gun Company, Battle of Beersheba, Severe Gun Shot Wound to right leg. Dangerously ill. | |
| 23 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 353, 1st Machine Gun Company, Invalided to Australia. |
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