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Frederick Samuel BUCKINGHAM

Regimental number1856
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolState Schools, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSaddler
Address6 Brook Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Alfred James Buckingham, 6 Brook Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentCleaner
Unit name301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/98/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Motor Transport Section
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in England of influenza.
FateDied of disease 18 February 1919
Age at death34
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 4), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred James and Mary Jane BUCKINGHAM, 6 Brooks, Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne
Family/military connectionsBrother: William George Bigg BUCKINGHAM, 60th Bn, returned to Australia.

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