Eric Lyle ARCHIBALD

ARCHIBALD, Eric Lyle

Service Number: 2
Enlisted: 15 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1 May 1895
Home Town: Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling: Cairns Boys School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Tropical Fever , Wewak, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea , 17 July 1939, aged 44 years
Cemetery: Catholic Mission Wirui Cemetery, Wewak, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Cairns Boys' State School
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World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 2, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 2, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion
24 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
17 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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