BLEECHMORE, Eric Frank
| Service Number: | 6217 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 22 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rose Park, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Pulteney Street School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Rose Park Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Rose Park Public School WW1 Honour Board, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6217, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6217, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6217, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6217, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Son of Frank Sydney BLEECHMORE and Maria Ellen nee HUGHES
Attended Pulteney Street School 1907-1911
Eric was the younger son of Frank Sidney and Maria Ellen Bleechmore of Rose Park. After starting at Pulteney Street School in 1907 in Form IIa he progressed to Form VIa (the final year level) in 1911. In 1907 he competed in the Under 13 running race at Pulteney’s annual sports day. After leaving school he worked as a clerk at the Adelaide Steamship Company.
Eric enlisted on January 26 1916 and embarked from Adelaide aboard the Anchisis on August 28 1916, arriving in Plymouth on October 11. In September 1917 he was sent to France, was wounded on October 6 and more severely wounded on October 13 at Passchendaele. He died on October 14 from gunshot wounds to his left thigh.
Private Eric Bleechmore is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Courtesy of Pulteney Grammar School
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