Eric Laidlaw TEVELEIN

TEVELEIN, Eric Laidlaw

Service Number: 29
Enlisted: 23 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 15 August 1890
Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling: St Johns School
Occupation: Plumber
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 November 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery: AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

23 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
25 Aug 1915: Wounded Private, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW Shoulder evacuated via 16 Casualty Clearing Station to Florians Hospital Malta via HMAT Ascanius, then to UK 5th Southern Hospital Portsmouth
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
8 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
19 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 29, 18th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-19

Help us honour Eric Laidlaw Tevelein's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Eric Laidlaw TEVELEIN was born on 15th August, 1890 in Launceston, Tasmania

His parents were Edward Thomas TEVELEIN & Hannah King SLEIGHTHOLM

-----------

His brother Sydney Rupert TEVELEIN (MSN) also served in WW1 (SN 28) and returned to Australia in 1919

Biography

"TEVELEIN.— Killed in action in France, on November 19, Eric Laidlaw, youngest son of E. T. and H. K. Tevelein, age 26.      

He gave his life for his fellow men." - from the Launceston Daily Telegraph 23 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)