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EATHER, Richmond Cornwallis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2709 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goodooga New South Wales, 18 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Goodooga Public School |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Illness, Warwick, Queensland, 21 April 1966, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2709, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2709, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2709, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle for Pozières , For conspicuous good work at POZIERES in repairing telephone lines under heavy artillery fire between dates of 11th and 14th August, 1916. | |
| 17 Aug 1917: | Promoted Lieutenant, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Feb 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, at Morlancourt near Albert on the 10th June 1918, as battalion intelligence officer, and also in maintaining communications with attacking companies after the signalling officer had been wounded. | |
| 1 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2709, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Jan 1920: | Honoured Military Cross and bar, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on the Beaurevoir line, east of Peronne, on 2rd October 1918. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Richmond Cornwallis EATHER was born on 18th March, 1888 in Goodooga, New South Wales
His parents were John Rowland EATHER & Hannah Anne CROTHERS
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