Service Number: S65255
Enlisted: 16 September 1941, Macgillivray, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Born: Macgillivray, 24 June 1916
World War 2 Service
16 Sep 1941: Involvement Corporal, SN S65255
16 Sep 1941: Enlisted Macgillivray, SA
16 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SN S65255
31 Oct 1945: Discharged
Name WHEATON, ERIC LANCELOT
Service Australian Army
Service Number S65255
Date of Birth 24 Jun 1916
Place of Birth MACGILLIVRAY
Date of Enlistment 16 Sep 1941
Locality on Enlistment MACGILLIVRAY, SA
Place of Enlistment MACGILLIVRAY, SA
Next of Kin WHEATON, JOAN
Date of Discharge 31 Oct 1945
Rank Corporal
Posting at Discharge K I DET COY VDC
Prisoner of War No
Honours None for display
1. Robert WHEATON was born 30 Jan 1886 in Collinsfield, SA and died 21 Aug 1974. He married Mary Matilda HOWARD 27 Jan 1910 in Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 22 Oct 1884 in Cuttle Fish, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Sep 1987 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of William HOWARD and Janet BARR.
Other events in the life of Robert WHEATON
Burial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Residence: 1910, Kangaroo Island, SA
Description: BET 1912 & 1947, Councillor, Kingscote Council
Political: BET 1921 & 1923, Chairman, Kingscote Council
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, White Lagoon, Kangaroo Island
Title: 1958, Order of the British Empire
Children of Robert WHEATON and Mary Matilda HOWARD:
i. Frederick Howard WHEATON was born 26 Jul 1912 in White Lagoon, Kangaroo Island and died 12 Oct 1941 in Tobruk, North Africa
ii. 2. Thelma WHEATON was born 05 Jan 1914 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 27 Sep 2011
iii. 3. Eric Lancelot WHEATON was born 24 Jun 1916 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 18 Jun 1992
iv. 4. Douglas Robert WHEATON was born 30 Sep 1918 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 24 Apr 2004 in Adelaide, SA
v. 5. Barbara Joan WHEATON was born 21 Dec 1921 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 10 Jul 2020
3. Eric Lancelot WHEATON was born 24 Jun 1916 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 18 Jun 1992. He married Joan NORMAN 12 Sep 1940. She was born 14 Jun 1918 in Queenstown, SA and died 29 Aug 1942 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island, daughter of Henry John Alfred NORMAN and Ethel Eileen HEMPSON. He married Rita May DUNN 16 May 1944 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 24 Jan 1925 in Streaky Bay, SA and died 12 Apr 2017 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of Frederick John DUNN and Gertrude PENNA.
Other events in the life of Eric Lancelot WHEATON
Burial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island
Military: BET 1941 & 1945, Service No: S65255 VDC
Political: BET 1966 & 1969, Chairman, Kingscote Council
Children of Eric Lancelot WHEATON and Joan NORMAN:
i. Heather Margaret WHEATON was born 18 Jun 1942 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 19 Feb 2015. She married Dean Murray BROWN. He was born ABT 1940 and died 22 Apr 2007.
Last updated: 12 June 2023