Roll of Honour Eric Nightingale Lear

Service number 10966
Rank Sergeant
Unit 3rd Australian Divisional Train
Service Australian Imperial Force
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Date of Death 24 July 1917
Place of Death France
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Association Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery or Memorial Details Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Location on the Roll of Honour

Eric Nightingale Lear's name is located at panel 181 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

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Roll of Honour circular

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