Regimental number | 1690 |
Place of birth | Liverpool England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Commercial Traveller |
Address | c/o Webster and Co., Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Father, William Eggington, 11 Towerland Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool, England |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 31st Battalion, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/48/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
From Embarkation Records it is not possible to distinguish exactly which ship an individual in the Headquarters embarked. Two ships left Melbourne carrying men from the 31st Battalion: HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915 and HMAT A41 Bakara on 5 November 1915 | |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on |
From Embarkation Records it is not possible to distinguish exactly which ship an individual in the Headquarters embarked. Two ships left Melbourne carrying men from the 31st Battalion: HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915 and HMAT A41 Bakara on 5 November 1915 | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Field Ambulance |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance |
Medals |
Military Medal 'On the night 29th/30th August 1918 and following day near BARLEUX this N.C.O. successfully posted bearers and established good routes of evacuation in the pitch dark and under heavy shell fire. His task was a very difficult one in country new to him. by paying constant visits to his various posts under very trying conditions, he efficiently maintained the bearer services on a difficult sector. This N.C.O. consistently set the best of examples to his men. His conduct is characteric ??? of the high standard of his work.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115 Date: Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91 Date: |
Date of death |