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Eric Reuben WHEATON

Regimental number2752
Place of birthRichmond, South Australia
SchoolPlympton Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressPlympton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Wheaton, Plympton, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 23 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death35
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave 35), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Eliza WHEATON.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3811 Lance Corporal Frank Thomas Norman WHEATON, 32nd Battalion, returned to Australia, 5 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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