Eric Brooke CARLIN

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Service Numbers:	2794, 2794A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Port Lincoln, South Australia , 25 September 1885
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Fremantle Boy's School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Traveller for machinery
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 September 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery II A 46, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, West Leederville War Memorial

5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2794, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2794, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 2794A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2794A awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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Eric was my Grandmother Sarah's Brother. Gone but not forgotten. My son researched Eric as a school project in High School a few years ago.

Son of William and Isabella CARLIN