Arthur
Edmund
Buckingham
Born in Torbay, Western Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Buckingham
and Phoebe (Krakouer) Buckingham
Brother of
John Buckingham, James Buckingham, Mary Jane (Buckingham) Lammonby, George Edward Buckingham, Theodore Buckingham, Clarence William Buckingham, Alecia Maude Elizabeth (Buckingham) Bicket, Thomas Andrew Buckingham, Roger Sampson Buckingham and Gladys May (Buckingham) Barker
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2021
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Biography
Prior to the war he was a Hairdresser.
He enlisted in WWI on 6/5/1915. S/N 963 with the 28th Battalion D Company.
He left Fremantle 29/6/1915
On the 4/9/1915 he embarked for Gallipoli.
In August 1916 he was transferred to the 7th Brigade Machine Gun Company.
In April 1917 he was transferred to the 7th Field Ambulance which was attached to the 7th Brigade MGC in France.
In June 1917 attached to the 22nd Machine Gun Company.
He returned to Australia 20/12/1917.
He died age 67. Death records list his parents.
Sources
- West Australia BDM records. Birth reg 783/1887, Death reg 14/1955.
- WWI War Service Record. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3152739
- War Memorial Australia. https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/234751
- AIF Project. https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=37766&printFormat=print
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