EALES, Garnet Edward
| Service Numbers: | 1720, 2052, VX46641, V5272 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
| Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 12 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Well Borer |
| Died: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1951, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hamilton Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1720 | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2052, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2052, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1720, 8th Infantry Battalion, Anzac: GSW leg | |
| 26 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1720, 8th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles on board HMT Megantic | |
| 8 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Dec 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Polygon Wood, recommendation Distinguished Conduct Medal; L/Cpl 8th Infantry Btn '(Polygon Wood 20 September 1917) Exceptionally valuable services as messenger and guide, materially assisting in success of attack.' | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1720, 8th Infantry Battalion, embarked Southampton for Melbourne on board HT Boorara | |
| 25 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1720, 8th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX46641 | |
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| 12 Aug 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX46641 | |
| 13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V5272, 17 Garrison Battalion (Vic) | |
| 1 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V5272, 17 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Garnet Edward Eales (Service No:V5272) initially served in the AIF (Private; Service No:VX46641) from 11 July 1940 to 12 August 1940, when he Discharged to enlist in the ACMF on 13 August 1940. Private Eales served with 17 Garrison Battalion, 5 Works and Parks and 4 Army Troops Coy RAE - graded as Plumber. He was attached to 17 Garrison Battalion at Discharge on 1 January 1944 - Medically Unfit. Garnet had served in WWI (Lance Corporal; Service No:1720), his brother Kenneth served in WWI and WWII, and son Ronald served in WWII.
Garnet was born in Penshurst via Hamilton, Victoria in 1895, third of four children of Samuel Eales (b1860 in Penshurst, Victoria) and his second wife Jane Stevenson (b1867 in Cavendish, Victoria). Samuel (a Widower with a young son) was a Butcher in 1888 when he and Jane married in Penshurst. Samuel and Jane lived in Penshurst and Hamilton, where they raised their family and Samuel was Butcher and Labourer, and from 1879 was a member of the Oddfellows (MUIOOF) Penhurst.
Garnet worked in Gazette via Hamilton as a Station Hand and Farm Hand, returning following his service in WWI and working as a Labourer. By 1925, he and Ivy Lena Edmondson (b1903 in Hamilton) Victoria) had moved to Melbourne, where they settled and raised their family and Garnet was a Labourer and Railway Employee. Garnet was a Well Borer in Hamilton in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army, and worked in Hamilton as a Linesman until his death in 1961. In the post WWII years, Ivy worked in Melbourne as a Peace Officer and Clerk, and died in 1970.
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in an attack. He did excellent work in giving direction to the flank of the attack, and kept in touch with the unit on his right. He went forward with two men and captured an enemy regimental commander and his staff. He then worked all over the captured area, and collected valuable documents and information. He did splendid work throughout the engagement.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lance Corporal Garnet Edward Eales (Service No:1720) enisted in the AIF as a Private on 7 January 1915 and was attached to 8th Infantry Battalion when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Anzac on 17 April 1915 on board HMAT A20 Hororata. WiA (GSW leg) at Anzac on 6 July 1915, Private Eales embarked from Alexandria for Marseille on 26 March 1916 on board HMT Megantic. Promoted to Lance Corporal on 8 December 1916, he was at Polygon Wood on 27 September 1917 when he was recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty' (AWM) - this award was gazetted in 1918. Lance Corporal Eales embarked from Southampton for Melbourne on 6 July 1919 on board HT Boorara and was attached to 8th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 25 October 1919. Garnet served in WWII, as did his son Ronald. Brother Kenneth served in WWI and WWII.
Garnet was born in Penshurst via Hamilton, Victoria in 1895, third of four children of Samuel Eales (b1860 in Penshurst, Victoria) and his second wife Jane Stevenson (b1867 in Cavendish, Victoria). Samuel was a Butcher in Penshurt in 1888 when he and Jane married. They settled in Penshurst where they raised their family and Samuel worked as a Butcher and Labourer, and from 1879 was a member of the Oddfellows (MUIOOF) Penshurst.
Garnet worked as a Station Hand at Gazette via Hamilton, and was a Farm Hand in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge, he returned to Penshurst where he worked as a Labourer before moving to Melbourne in 1925 with Ivy Lena Edmondson (b1903 in Hamilton, Victoria). Garnet and Ivy settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and Garnet worked as a Labourer and Railway Employee. Garnet was a Well Borer in Hamilton in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army for WWII (Private; Service Nos:VX46641/V5272). Following his Discharge, Garnet worked as a Linesman in Hamilton, where he died in 1961. Pot WWII, Ivy worked as a Peace Officer and Clerk in Melbourne, where she died in 1970.
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