EADIE, Alexander McKinley
| Service Numbers: | 839, 4408 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Golden Square State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot III, Row C, Grave No 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 839, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 839, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 839, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Field Company Engineers, Egypt | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4408, 5th Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 21 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4408, 8th Field Company Engineers, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4408, 8th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4408 awm_unit: 8th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
A tinsmith from Bendigo, Vic prior to enlistment, Spr Eadie embarked as 849 Private (Pte) Eadie with D Company 21st Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 10 May 1915.
Later transferring to 8th Australian Field Company, and with a new service number, Spr Eadie was initially reported as missing but was later confirmed as having been killed in action, aged 52 (NB: age at enlistment stated as 43), on 19 July 1916 and is commemorated in the Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.
Two brothers, 1849 Spr Henry Erskine Eadie and 4409 Spr Robert McGillivray Eadie, served with him in the 8th Australian Field Company. Both returned to Australia.
Source: AWM
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Son: 5013 Pte Alexander EADIE, 36th Bn, returned to Australia, 25 November 1917.
Cousins:
[171] Lt Edward Erskine DILWORTH MC, 1st Division Engineers, died of wounds, 6 May 1918;
[29] Lt James Allan FALCONER MC, 57th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1918.
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