Frank BUCKINGHAM

Frank BUCKINGHAM Update Details

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Service Numbers:	4941, 6236
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:

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.
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