Benjamin EAST

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Service Number:	1846
Enlisted:	19 January 1915, Echuca, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Echuca War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

19 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1846, Depot Battalion (AIF), Echuca, Victoria
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
26 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Gallipoli, Turkey
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 8th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
7 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 8th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Empress of Britain"
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 8th Infantry Battalion
18 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1846, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1846 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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