DOMSALLA, Eric Howard Albert
Service Number: | 15103 |
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Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Bethnal Green, London, England, 1893 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Midbern Street School, London |
Occupation: | Railway Porter |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 August 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Belgium Grave Ref. B 21, Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Adinkerke, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, York District Great War Honour Board, York War Memorial |
Biography
Eric Howard Albert DOMSALLA was born in 1893 in Bethnal Green, London, England
His parents were Adolph Amandus DOMSALLA and Emma Amelia WINGFIELD
He enlisted on 27th January, 1916 with the Australian Army - he was in the 12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, 10th reinforcements- Unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Port Lincoln on 4th May, 1916
He was wounded in action and died of wounds on 27th August, 1917 -He is commemorated at the Australian War Memorial and the WA Roll of Honour in Perth, WA
Eastern District Chronicle, York WA - 28th September, 1917
News has been received that Bombardier Eric H Domsalla who enlisted from this district in January, 1916 has beeen killed at the Front. The deceased soldier was for some time prior to his enlistment engaged as a porter at the Railway Station. His parents reside in England.