BUCKINGHAM, Frank
Service Numbers: | 4941, 6236 |
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Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Enlisted in Victoria and probably it was figured out that he was not as yet 18. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1897 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Quarryman |
Died: | 21 June 1981, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Victoria and probably it was figured out that he was not as yet 18. | |
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7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4941, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4941, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA. The 16th was his brothers Sam and Georges battalion | |
13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
29 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood, SW left shoulder | |
6 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), GSW to right thigh |
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The Buckingham Brothers from Ballarat
Pte George Henry BUCKINGHAM, 16th Infantry Bn, SRN 6237, Died Bullecourt 1 11/4/1917
Pte William Samuel Ezekiel BUCKINGHAM, 16th Infantry Bn, SRN 6238, Died Bullecourt 1 11/4/1917
Cpl Robert Thomas ‘Bob’ Buckingham MM, SRN 3239, 5th Infantry Battalion, Returned
Pte Frank Buckingham, SRN 4941 8th Infantry Battalion and SRN 6236 16th Infantry Battalion, returned