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FOREMAN, Eric William
| Service Number: | 1022 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Largs Bay St Alban's Church Roll of Honor, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1022, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1022, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 1022 |
My Unknown Grand-father
My grandfather died when I was about 2years old around 1957-58. I have little information on him other than what I have picked up in his service record(online). My family have NO photographs of him and sadly very little information has been handed down by family members.
I do know however that he had suffered severe "shell- shock" when he returned from the war. Thanks to an old next door neighbor(now deceased), I found this out, as it was never mentioned by family members. Apparently if he ever heard a car backfire, he would immediately "hit the deck" and regress back into a wartime environment, completely oblivious to current surroundings. This I believe resulted in several hospital admissions over the years. He passed away in hospital with a chest infection and also suffering from wartime delusions re-created by the physical stress of his illness.
I have learnt that war has a very dark side to it, and can greatly effect families upon a soldiers return. I have the utmost respect for my grand-father and all his mates who suffered in a similar manner.
LEST WE FORGET.
Submitted 15 April 2015 by James Foreman