McAlpine (Mac) EATHER

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EATHER, McAlpine

Service Number:	1884
Enlisted:	6 April 1916, Place of Enlistment, Hughenden, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia , 22 September 1890
Home Town:	Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural Causes , Maxwelton, Western Queensland, Australia, 16 October 1966, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Richmond Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

6 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1884, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Hughenden, Queensland.
19 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 11th Light Horse Regiment
22 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1884, 11th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Malwa, Sydney
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1884, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
3 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Light Horse Regiment
1 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Light Horse Regiment
14 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Light Horse Regiment

Mac Eather.

Mac Eather resided at Glendalough Station and was a member of the 11th Light Horse Regiment in World War One, stationed in the Middle East. He is the Uncle of Hughenden local Jane McNamara of Abbotsford. World War 1 roll - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2054111 World War 1 roll - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2320528 Barbara Eather wrote on Facebook 16/04/2020 – McAlpine Eather - my grandfather. He was in the 11th Light Horse Regiment which along with the 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments formed the 4th Light Horse Brigade. The 4th and 12th Regiments are famous for charging Beersheba late in the day on 31 October 1917. The 11th Light Horse Regiment was the reserve for the charge and the story goes that Grandad watched the charge from the foothills nearly. In 2017 I travelled to Israel for the centenary of the charge - a fascinating trip. My grandfather returned to Australia on a troopship called Morvada, and later gave an additional area of Glendalough that name. His horse was called Romeo.
Courtesy of Norm Eather.

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