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  • Eric Abraham left Eumundi

  • Eric left on the Star of Victoria

  • Transferred to Engineering Training Depot at Parkhouse

  • Arrived at Abbeville

  • ill with bronchitis and pluerisy

  • embarked at Rouen on the Aberdonian for England

  • admitted to the Bethnal Green Military Hospital

  • transferred to the 3rd Australian Military Hospital at Dartford

  • got out of hospital

  • sent to training brigade in Perham Downs, England

  • Eric left Folkestone for France

  • Period: to

    fought in multiple battles

    Somme, Passchendaele, Polygon Wood, Amiens, Villers-Bretonneux, Morlancourt, Peronne and the Hindenberg Line.
  • Eric commenced three weeks leave in England

  • He arrived back in Southampton

  • rejoined the 5th Division Signal Company

  • He embarked for Australia

  • Period: to

    lived in Buderim

  • Period: to

    lived in brisbane

  • Period: to

    lived at Pinjarri RSL nursing homes

  • died in the RSL nursing homes Pinjarri