Samuel Henry EACOTT

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EACOTT, Samuel Henry

Service Number:	22511
Enlisted:	11 January 1916
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Glenlyon, Victoria, April 1895
Home Town:	Longwarry, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer's Assistant
Died:	Warragul, Victoria, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Longwarry War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22511
20 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 22511, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 22511, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
11 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 22511, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Date unknown:	Involvement Driver, 22511, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Embarked Driver, 22511, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born April 1895 in Glenlyon, Victoria

Father   Joseph Charles Eacott
            (b. 17/01/1853 in Spring Creek, Tasmania - d. 1933 in Longwarry, VIC); and
Mother Georgina Eacott (nee Adams)
            (b. 1859 Hepburn, Victoria - d. 31/01/1946 in Drouin, VIC)
Francis lived with his parents at Longwarry, Victoria on enlisting.

Siblings:
Charles Joseph George Eacott (b. 1886 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1949 in Warragul, VIC)
Violet May (Eacott) Armstrong (b. 1887 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1977 in Cheltenham, VIC)
     m. 1907 - William Finlay Armstrong
Francis Thomas Eacott (b. 1891 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 04/01/1917 Gueudecourt, Belgium)
Georgina Rose (Eacott) McDonald (b. 1891 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. ___)
     m. 1913 - James McDonald
William James Eacott (b. 1893 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1921 in Warragul, VIC)
Samuel Henry Eacott (b. 1895 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1974 in Warragul, VIC)
      m. 1929 Leila Victoria Eacott (nee Boulton) Eacott
Thomas Edward Eacott (b. 1896 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1970 Parkville, VIC)
      m. 1928 - Ethel Eacott (nee Norton) Eacott
Mary Ann Lottie Elizabeth Eacott (b. 1902 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 1903 1903 in Longwarry, VIC)

Relatives
Uncle (father's side) William James Eacott
           (b. 30/07/1855 Galmorgan, Tasmania - d. 17/07/1911); and
Aunt Mary Ellen Eacott (nee Towers)
        (b. 1866 Carlton, VIC - d. 19/03/1932 Longwarry, VIC)
        (both buried in Drouin West Cemetery, Longwarry, VIC)
Cousins:
Clara Blanch Maud (Eacott) Tibbits   b. 1885 Glenlyon, VIC - d.08/06/1943 Perth, WA
    m. 1905 - John Markham Tibbits
    lived at 30 McLaron Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Anne Eacott   b. 1886 Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1887 in Daylesford, VIC
William Eacott b. 1889 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 30/07/1937
                      buried in Drouin West Cemetery
Joseph Henry Eacott b. 1891 Daylesford, VIC - d. 1963 Warragul, VIC
Charles Arthur Eacott b. 1893 Daylesford, VIC - d. 20/09/1917 Belgium
Percy Edward Eacott b. 1895 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 1948 in Bunyip, VIC
Bridget Eacott b.1900 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 26 Oct 1978 at Longwarry, VIC

Next-of-kin in service:
Brother
2168   Corporal Francis Thomas Eacott
           15/10/1915    enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
           09/03/1916    embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A13 Katuna
                    as a Private with with 1st Battalion
           28/05/1916    embarked overseas onboard HT corsican, ex Alexandria
                                - for Gallipoli, ANZAC
           03/11/1916    taken on strength of 1st Infantry Battalion, France
           04/01/1917    Hit by a shell and killed instantly, received in action, Gueudecourt, France
            (noted as buried in the field)
           No known grave
           His name is commemorated on:
                 - Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
                 - Panel 28 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Cousins
20240 Gunner Joseph Henry Eacott - 8th Field Artillery Brigade (b. 1891)
           28/12/1915    enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
           20/05/1916    embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A7 Medic
                        as a Gunner with 8th Field Artillery Brigade,
                                Brigade Ammunition Column
           18/07/1916    disembarked into Plymouth, England
           11/05/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Zealandia, ex England
           28/06/1919    disembarked into Australia
           04/09/1919    discharged from service
           1923            MARRIED: Elizabeth (Hanna) Eacott
           1963            Joseph passed away in Warragul, Victoria

Private 6987 Charles Arthur Eacott - 7th Infantry Battalion (b. July 1893)
           20/10/1916     enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
           23/11/1916     embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A20 Hororata
      as a Private with 7th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
           29/01/1917     disembarked into Plymouth, England
           20/09/1917     hit by a shell and knocked unconscious - killed in action
                         at Black Watch Corner, Polygon Wood, Belgium
           Buried in:         the side of the trench of where he was killed
                         (noted by his comrades in his battalion)
           Buried alongside Pte 1945 William Gilbert Grace and
                                Pte 6509 Henry Russell Huntsman - all killed together

           20/9/2015        A rededication service was held at the
                                  Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium
                                  later his body was exhumed and reburied in:
                                  Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
                        Joint grave Plot I, Row D, Graves 19-20
                        (with Private 6509 Henry Russell Huntsman)
                                  Pte 1945 William Gilbert Grace is buried alongside the joint grave
            at Plot I, Row D, Grave 18
           His name is commemorated on:-
                 - Panel 7 at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium; and
                 - Panel 49 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT

Samuel was described on enlisting as 20 years 11 months of age; single; 5' 9 3/4" tall;
140 lbs; fresh complexion; hazel eyes; black hair; Church of England

11/01/1916 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC

01/05/1916 appointed to 1st reinforcements, 23rd Howitzer Brigade

20/05/1916    embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A7 Medic
                    as a Driver with 23rd Howitzer Brigade, 1st reinforcements
18/07/1916    disembarked into Plymouth, England

31/12/1916 proceeded overseas to France, 23rd Field Artillery Brigade,
ex Southampton, England

06/01/1917 transferred and taken on strength of 8th Field Artillery Brigade, France

19/02/1918 granted furlo (leave) to England
08/03/1918 rejoined 8th Field Artillery Brigade in France, in the field

08/08/1918   wounded in action, France
01/09/1918   discharged to Base Depot, Rest Camp, Boulogne, France
12/09/1918   rejoined unit, France

last rank: Driver with 8th Field Artillery Brigade

11/05/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Borda

27/06/1919 disembarked into Australia

11/08/1919 discharged from service

Medals: British War medal (44269) and Victory medal (43550)

1929 MARRIED Leila Victoria Eacott (nee Boulton)

1974 Samuel passed away in Warragul, Victoria

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/01/2017. Lest we forget.

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