ECCLESTON, Albert Ambrose
| Service Number: | 323 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Gun shot wounds to head, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 30 December 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row D, grave 5, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 323, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Queensland B Company | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 323, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 323, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 323, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wounds to head | |
| 30 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 323, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Ambrose ECCLESTON was born on 6th June, 1881 in Cooma, New South Wales
His parents were John William Henry ECCLESTON and Catherine McINTYRE who married in Cooma in 1868
He enlisted in Toowoomba, Queensland on 28th October, 1915 and embarked with the 42nd Infantry Battalion (B Company) on board the HMAT Borda from Sydney on 5th June 1916
Albert was wounded on 29th December, 1916 with a gun shot wound to the head and accompanying fracture - he died from those wounds at the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station in France on 30th December, 1916 and is buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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His brother David ECCLESTON (SN 1657) served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
Another brother George Edmond ECCLESTON (SN 2526) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917
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