EATON, Ray
| Service Number: | 2577 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobram, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Cobram, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | 1979, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2577, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2577, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2577, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cobram Courier (Vic.) 24 August 1916.
'Private Ray Eaton, who returned invalided to Cobram last Saturday, was tendered a "Welcome Home" by the Soldiers' Committee on Tuesday night, when there was a good attendance considering the hurried nature of the preparations and the muddy state of the streets. The proceedings were almost similar in form to the welcome recently extended to Private Rohner, speeches being made by Revs. L. S. S. Saunders and A. E. Harvey, and vice-President Jas. Ryan, who presented Ray with a gold medal on behalf of the residents. Mr J. G. Martindale replied on Private Eaton's behalf, and suitably returned thanks for the welcome extended to him. It is just about twelve months ago since Ray Eaton left here to become a soldier, and after staying a couple of months in camp he was sent to Egypt, where his training was continued. Then he was sent to Lemnos, and ultimately to Gallipoli, where he was six weeks in the trenches and received a slight bullet wound, though was able to remain to take part in the evacuation. Enteric fever then took hold of Ray, and he had a very close call for his life; his recovery being a tribute to the skill of the doctors and nurses.'
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