EASTON, Douglas Gordon
| Service Number: | 3835 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keswick, Cumberland, England., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Cootamundra, New South Wales. | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3835, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3835, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1892 Easton Douglas Gordon Cockermouth 10b 569
He arrived in France 11th August 1916 and was killed in the Second Battle of Bullecourt: two weeks of bitter trench fighting which eventually, and at the cost of 2,250 Australian casualties, cleared and held part of the Hindenburg Line.
He was the son of Mr and Mrs George Easton 4 Wordsworth St, Keswick, formerly Nags Head, Wythburn.
Keswick is an English market town and civil parish, historically in Cumberland, Northern England. It is in the Lake District National Park, just north of Derwentwater, and 4 miles from Bassenthwaite.
He is remembered on the Keswick war memorial.
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