EGGELING, Ernest Christian Theodore
| Service Number: | 3053 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Esperance, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 5 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Esperance District WW1 Honour Roll, Esperance War Memorial, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Norseman District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3053, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3053, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 5th May…… Ernest Christian Theodor Eggeling was born at Coolgardie, Western Australia on 28th December, 1896.
(Note: “Theodor” spelling as listed on Roll of Honour information completed by his father. The Australian War Memorial, CWGC & National Archives have the name spelled as “Theodore”)
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th December, 1916 as a 20 year old, single, Shop Assistant from Esperance, Western Australia.
Private Ernest Christian Theodore (spelling as per Embarkation Roll) Eggeling, Service number 3053, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Miltiades (A28) on 29th January, 1917. He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital from 6th March until 12th March, 1917. Private Eggeling disembarked at Devonport, England on 27th March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 28th March, 1917 Private Eggeling was marched in to A.I.F. Details at Fovant, Wiltshire.
He was admitted sick to Fovant Hospital on 5th April, 1917 & discharged on 13th April, 1917 suffering from Influenza.
Private Eggeling was marched out from Fovant to 11th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 18th April, 1917.
On 24th April, 1917 Private Eggeling was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital – seriously ill with Broncho-pneumonia.
Private Ernest Christian Theodore Eggeling died at 4.45 p.m. on 5th May, 1917 from Measles & Broncho – pneumonia at Fargo Military Hospital.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where 140 other WW1 War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/d---g1.html
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