EYLES, William Charles Frederick
| Service Number: | 3304 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3304, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3304, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3304, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3304, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3304 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-11 |
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William Charles Frederick Eyles was a labourer before he enlisted for war. He was a single man who live in Oakley street Adelaide. Even though he had no prior military experience when he was 24 he decided to enlist to join the army on 26th of July 1915. He embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27th October 1915 and sailed to Egypt.
William was admitted to the 3rd auxiliary hospital in Cairo on the 20th of February 1916 as he had influenza, he was than transferred to duty on the 6th March 1916. On the 17th of March 1916 he joined the 10th battalion in Serapeum.
William left from Alexandria to join the British expeditionary force on the 5th of June 1916. He disembarked from Marseilles on the 12th of June 1916. On the 19th of July 1916 he was admitted to the new Zealand stationary hospital in Amiens for adenitis, and was later transferred to the north west hospital in Newcastle on the 7th of August 1916 with trench fever. On the 13th of October 1916 he was transferred again to the 3rd auxiliary hospital. He was given 15 days of furlough, from the 20th of October 1916 to 4th of November, and he was to report to the number 1 command depot in Perham downs after the 15 days.
He was found guilty of being absent without leave from 3.30 pm the 4th of November to 4 pm the 7th of November, he was given 7 days confinement to camp and 4 days without pay. He then proceeded overseas to France on the 12th December 1916. He rejoined his unit on the 19th of February 1917.
He was admitted to the 13th Australian field ambulance on the 24th of march 1917 due to frostbite. He was transferred to the 12th general hospital in Rouen on the 26th of March 1917, he was then transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital on the 31st of March 1917. He was granted 17 days of furlough from the 5th of May 1917 to the 22nd of May 1917. He was to report to the number 1 command depot in Perham downs after the 17 days.
William proceeded to France on the 26th of July 1917. He was found guilty of being absent without leave, from midnight the 5th of July to 6 pm the 9th of July. He was given 7 days of field punishment number 2 and 12 days without pay. He rejoined his unit in Belgium on the 15th of august 1917.
William Eyles was killed in action in Belgium on the 11th of October 1917. His body was not recovered, and his name is honored in the Menin gate memorial in Ypres, Belgium.
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