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FRENCH, Eric Orbery Stevens

• Personal Details
• Service History
• Personal Stories

Step 1: Personal Details

Other Name:	French, Eric Aubrey Steven - Service Record
Service Numbers:	2657, Q200157
Enlisted:	5 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1897
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Harlaxton State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Heart disease, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 1967
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

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Step 2: Service History

World War 1 Service

5 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2657, 52nd Infantry Battalion
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2657, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2657, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
25 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the field after Villiers Bretonneux
29 Mar 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant
16 May 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Due to losses after Villiers Bretonneux
9 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2657, 50th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia on Euripides 7th September 1919 and disembarked in Sydney

World War 2 Service

15 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, Q200157, Page missing from Enlistment Register
15 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q200157, 1st (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
15 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q200157, 1st (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Birth details

Name Eric Orbery Stevens French
Birth Date 3 May 1897
Birth Place Queensland
Registration Date 1897
Registration Place Australia
Father Benjamin
Mother Alice Quainton
Registration Number 003411
Page number 8750

Birth details

Name Eric Orbery Stevens French
Birth Date 3 May 1897
Birth Place Queensland
Registration Date 1897
Registration Place Australia
Father Benjamin
Mother Alice Quainton
Registration Number 003411
Page number 8750

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• ADFA - AIF Project
• Australian War Memorial - Embarkation Roll
• Australian War Memorial - WWI Nominal Roll
• Department of Veterans Affairs - WWII Nominal Roll
• National Archives Australia - WWII Service Record
• National Archives Australia - WWI Service Record

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