Samuel James BUCKINGHAM

Regimental number6518
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolWoolahra Public School and Rockdale College, New South Wales
ReligionBaptist
OccupationTraveller
AddressDouble Bay, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, J Buckingham, 27 William Street, Double Bay, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 June 1918
Age at death27
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXV, Row E, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
88
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Helen BUCKINGHAM, 174 Bondi Road, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Paddington, Sydne6
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal