EASTON, William Yeoman
| Service Number: | 5528 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Northalberton, England, October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Methodist, Section 13, Lot 64 |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5528, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5528, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5528, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 17 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 13 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5528, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Gas | |
| 9 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5528, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Will Easton married Lily Clarissa Frith of 10 Nuttall Av, Great Harwood, Englind on the31/7/1918 at the Mount Zion Chaple, Cattle St Great Harwood.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
58 years ago today, on the 25th September 1963, Sapper William Yeoman Easton, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5528), railway storeman and fibrous caster from Margaret Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales and 24 Marsden Street, Shortland, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 71. METHODIST 4-13. 64.
Born at Northallerton, Yorkshire Norte, United Kingdom October 1892 to Ebenezer Yeoman and Ellen Easton nee Hadfield of Swanson and Hall Street, Weston, New South Wales; husband of Lily Clarissa Easton nee Frith (married 31.7.1918 at the Mount Zion Chapel, Cattle Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancaster, United Kingdom, died 1962), William enlisted June 1916 with the Tunnelling Company, October to December Reinforcements, 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
His name has been inscribed on the Port Waratah Locomotive Depot Roll of Honour.
Admitted to hospital 8.2.1917 (pleurisy).
Wounded in action - 13.3.1918 (mustard gas poisoning, severe).
William returned home with wife Lily September 1919, being discharged on the 9th November 1919.
Mr. Easton’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1), Weston Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Tighes Hill Methodist Church Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 9th June 1918, 61 names inscribed, 11 Fallen) and the Port Waratah Locomotive Depot Roll of Honour. Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
See Tunnellers - http://www.tunnellers.net/
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Would probably be officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque at the gravesite.
Many thanks to Sharon McDermott for the photos and family history.
Cousins Arthur Hadfield (1st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, Reg No-5543, died 1969) and Isaac Hadfield (35th Battalion, Reg No-2601, died 1953) also served 1st A.I.F.
William's son William Easton (born 21.1.1923, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., Service No-64472, died?) served 2nd A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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