Participant Info

Given Name

Eric Newman

Family Name

Haggar

Service Number

Lieutenant/797

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Carpenter

Place of Enlistment

Bairnsdale VIC

Next of Kin

Father, J H Whadcoat, Drumstinohall, Dalbeattie, Scotland

Address on Enlistment

Sarsfield, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

24th Battalion, D Company

Age at Embarkation

22

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A14 Euripides, Melbourne VIC on 10 May 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Sergeant

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Lieutenant

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

23/03/1917

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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