William Samuel Ezekiel (Sam) BUCKINGHAM

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BUCKINGHAM, William Samuel Ezekiel

Service Number:	6238
Enlisted:	28 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, August 1872
Home Town:	East Perth, Perth Water, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Hit by shellfire, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 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:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First), KIA

My Gandfather

My maternal grandfather William Samual Ezekiel Buckingham enlisted in the army alongside his brother Henry George Buckingham. As my grandfather was apparently blown up there is no marked grave but is on the People at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)*

Submitted 29 April 2015 by jenni bailey

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

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

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