Melbourne Edmond Eldred EAGER

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EAGER, Melbourne Edmond Eldred

Service Number:	27585
Enlisted:	30 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Yongala, South Australia, 7 July 1897
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Peterborough Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Draper's Assistant
Died:	Died of Wounds, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row J, Grave 5A
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough Uniting Church Porch Memorial Leadlight Window2

World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 27585, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 27585, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Borda, Melbourne
11 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 27585, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres
11 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 27585, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, GSW abdomen (penetrating)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Melbourne Edmond Eldred EAGER was born on 7th July, 1897 in Yongala, South Australia

His parents were Archibald Edmond EAGER and Alice Eleanor MALEY

Biography

"THE LATE GUNNER EAGER.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Eager, Petersburg, have received information that their youngest son, Gunner Melbourne Eager, has died of wounds in France." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 25 Oct 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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