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Eric Kingsley ABRAHAM

Regimental number4355
Date of birth1898
Place of birthHemmant Qld
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPostal assistant
AddressBoonah, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Cook, Eumundi, Queensland
Enlistment date26 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Signal Company
FateReturned to Australia 23 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7009 Pte Cyril Frank ABRAHAM, 49th Bn, died of disease, 20 October 1915; 3113 Pte Jabez ABRAHAM, 47th Bn, died of wounds, 21 August 1916; 6764 Pte Leonard ABRAHAM, 26th Bn, returned to Australia, 6 May 1919.
Other details

Enlisted in November 1915 as part of the 'Dungaree March', Darling Downs to Ipswich.

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death20 March 2003

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