EASTON, James Thomas Roy
| Service Number: | 3023 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | North Williamstown State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shipping Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 80. OUR ROY APPROVED UNTO GOD A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3023, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3023, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3023, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
J.T. ‘Roy’ Easton was the only son of James Smith and Jane Easton of Kensington, Victoria.
He only arrived in France with the 14th Battalion three weeks before he was killed. He was one of the members of a raiding party of about 90 men of A Company 14th Battalion which forced its way into the German trenches at Armentieres on the night of 2 July 1916. Easton was one of two runners allocated to the raiding party, both of whom did not survive. In all seven men from the Battalion died as a result of the raid, but many of the survivors were wounded to some extent. They found the wire uncut, and came under heavy fire while breaching the wire, but did reach the German line.
Roy was badly wounded in the abdomen and he was somehow carried back to the Australian lines but died in a Casualty Clearing Station two days later.
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