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Driver Rainford Thomas Buckman

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Cowra First World War Memorial Grove
Given name
Rainford
Family name
Buckman
Gender
Male
Service number
1840
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Campaign
Sinai - Palestine 1916 - 1918
Fate
Died of disease (DOD)
Fate date
27 September 1920
Additional information
Last held rank
Driver
Unit at embarkation
1st Light Horse Regiment - 13th Reinforcement - 5th Divisional Ammunition Column - Transferred to 50th Field Artillery Battery
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

Labourer from Cowra, son of Robert & Sarah Buckman, Kennedys Hotel, Cowra. Rainford died soon after returning to Australia of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, aged 25 years. Served on the Western Front.

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