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EAGLES, Thomas Wolgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3301 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hillston, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3301, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3301, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3301, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas Eagles was shot in the arm at Pozieres on 23 July 1916. He was evacuated to England with a compound fracture of the forearm and eventually returned to Australia on 4 May 1917 due to the severity of the wound. His brothers, 3300 Pte Herbert Walter Eagles, also 1st Battalion AIF, died of wounds, 20 June 1916 and 3302 Pte William Frederick Eagles, also 1st Battalion was killed in action, 12 July 1918. They had all enlisted on the same day, the sons of Henry and Bridget Eagles, of Albury, New South Wales.