Charles Robert Reid (Charlie ) BUCKINGHAM

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BUCKINGHAM, Charles Robert Reid

Service Numbers:	V144936, VX104846, V380038
Enlisted:	5 December 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Abbotsford, Victoria , 19 October 1899
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Warragul, Victoria , 15 October 1951, aged 51 years
Cemetery:	Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

5 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
10 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, Medically Unfit for service

World War 2 Service

19 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Driver, V144936, 20th Field Ambulance
24 Aug 1942:	Transferred Private, 20th Field Ambulance, Transferd to 2nd AIF after personally volunteering to join on May 15th 1942
24 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Private, VX104846, Australian Army Medical Corps (WW2), Mount Martha, Victoria
24 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104846
16 Jan 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104846
16 Jan 1943:	Discharged Private, VX104846, 20th Field Ambulance
12 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V380038, 17th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
12 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Private, V380038, Warragul, Victoria
9 Mar 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V380038, 17th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
9 Mar 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V380038, 18th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

Story of Charles R R Buckingham

Charles R R Buckingham the second son of William John Buckingham and now the second last surviving son and was very ill(and for the rest of his life) during this time period because of him surviving double pneumonia & pleurisy. after the death of his older brother John he felt like he needed to do something like it was up to him now his dad and brother had been killed while still ill then in December 1917 he tried to enlist but was rejected and told he was useless because of him being ill.

Charles soon after ran away for awhile after the war and joined the merchant navy and travelled the world on the Windjammers.then the second world war broke out he now had a family of his own by then. In 1942 now at age 43 he went to enlist for the same reasons his father did but the doctor said he couldn't and that he was too ill to be passed and he wasn't letting history repeat again and to let his dad and brother down and he kept trying until one accepted him. he couldn't leave Australia because of his health so he was a Driver the Medical corps/ambulance transporting the wounded to the hospital playing a part of saving the wounded lives.

Charles also lived to be the oldest boy of his family he died at age 51 (his younger brother William john jr only lived to 41).

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