Regimental number | 3439 |
Place of birth | Glenroy, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 6.25" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth McEachern, Wolseley Park, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Cootamundra, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 56th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/73/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Distinguished Conduct Medal Refers 11-12 May 1918. Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Rosewood Cemetery: Stone '1914-18 War. In thanksgiving for the safe return of Hugh, William, Gordon and John. Sons of John and Elizabeth McEachern.' |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1944 Corporal Hugh McEACHERN, 56th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 September 1919; 3185 Pte John Gilbert McEACHERN, 56th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 24 January 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 4 March 1917; discharged from ship's hospital, 22 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917, and marched in to 14th Training Bn, Hurdcott, and reverted to the ranks. Proceeded overseas to France, 12 October 1917; taken on strength, 56th Bn, in the field, 28 October 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 1 November 1917. Detached to Corps Gas School, 17 February 1918; rejoined Bn, 27 February 1918. Detached to Brigade School, 7 June 1918; rejoined Bn, 14 June 1918. On leave to Paris, 28 June 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 15 July 1918. Appointed Temporary Corporal, 6 August 1918. Wounded in action, 2 September 1918 (shrapnel wound, right arm), and admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 37th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 33, 2 September 1918, and admitted to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 3 September 1918; transferred to England, 4 September 1918, and admitted to Military Hospital, Boscombe, Hampshire, 5 September 1918; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 21 September 1918; discharged to Littlemoor Camp, Weymouth, 4 October 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Orsova', 8 January 1919; disembarked, Melbourne, 20 February 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), 2 April 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Second given name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Holdin; address incorrectly recorded as Woolsey Park. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, McEACHERN William Holden |