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LEE, Eric Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 15 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Lewisham, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1980, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 22 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, HS Karoola, Suez for return to Australia due to illness (enteric fever) - arriving 22 February 1916. | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 12 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 20th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Shrapnel wound right knee | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire | |
| 13 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 20th Infantry Battalion |
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