Frederick William EGGLESTON

EGGLESTON, Frederick William

Service Number: 7106
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic., 17 October 1875
Home Town: Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Wesley College Melbourne; Ley's School Cambridge England; University of Melbourne
Occupation: Solictor
Died: Melbourne, Vic., 12 November 1954, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Law Institute of Victoria
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World War 1 Service

16 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 7106, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 7106, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Sir Frederick William Eggleston, a former Australian Minister to
the United States, died in Melbourne yesterday, aged 79.


Lawyer, author, State Cabinet Minister and Australian representative
abroad on a number of oc-casions, Sir Frederick was knighted in 1941. 

Born in Melbourne and educated at Melbourne and Cambridge Universities, he had been a member of the Victorian bar for 47 years. He was a member of the First A.I.F. and was in the Australian delegation to the Paris peace conference in 1919.

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