EATHER, Thomas Joseph
| Service Number: | 5010 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1917, 6 mths 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 3 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee (Port Waratah locomotive sheds) |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 25 July 1956, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-09. 69. |
| Memorials: | N.S.W.G.R. Loco Depot Port Waratah HR |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5010, 30th Infantry Battalion, 6 mths 16th Infantry | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 5010, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 5010, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 31 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5010, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
69 years ago today, on the 30th July 1956, Sapper Thomas Joseph Eather, referred to as Joseph, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company (Reg No-5010), married railway employee (Port Waratah locomotive sheds), from Roslyn Avenue, Islington (Maryville), New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. ANGLICAN 1-09. 69.
Born at Scone or Muswellbrook, New South Wales on the 3rd December 1891 to Thomas Joseph, died 22.2.1920, Dangar Cottage Hospital, Singleton, N.S.W., age 54, buried at Whittingham Cemetery, Singleton, N.S.W., unmarked grave?, from Mary Street, South Singleton, N.S.W., and Selena (Selina) Jane Eather nee Scanlon, re-married to John Joseph Curran 1921, Hamilton, N.S.W., Selina died 5.12.1950, 14 Dickson Street, Wickham, N.S.W., age 86, mother of 4 sons, sleeping at CATHOLIC 2-53. 10, unmarked grave?; husband of May Frances Eather nee Smith, married 25.9.1915 at St John's Anglican Church, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., died 16.5.1961, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 75, sleeping here, from 147 Dawson Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W (1917), Tom enlisted on the 7th March 1917 with the 30th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A74 Marathon on the 10th May 1917.
Disembarked Devonport, England 20.7.1917.
Granted leave to England from 12.12.1918 to 26.12.1918.
Admitted to hospital 26.4.1919 (measles).
Commenced return to Australia 1.8.1919.
Tom arrived home on the 22nd September 1919, being discharged on the 31st October 1919.
Mr. Eather’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll and the Port Waratah Locomotive Depot Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
4 brothers served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Albert Ernest Eather, also known as Ab, born 25.7.1897, Wyong, New South Wales, blacksmith's striker from Mary Street, South Singleton, New South Wales and Sydney, N.S.W. and 43 Bridge Road, Melbourne, Victoria and 10 Hamilton Street, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., enlisted 21.7.1915, 2nd Battalion, Reg No-3286, Prisoner of War - 19/20th July 1916 (Battle of Fromelles), repatriated from Germany to England on the 22nd November 1918, 54th Battalion, died 16.10.1956, age 59, officially commemorated 17.9.1957 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html..., also resting at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 3-197. 53.
Older brother Royal John Leslie Eather, referred to as Roy, born 14.3.1896, Scone, N.S.W., married ironmonger from Mary Street, South Singleton, New South Wales, enlisted 10.7.1916, 30th Battalion, Reg No-5009, RTA 12.11.1919, died 6.3.1969, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 72, resting at?, not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Reginald James Eather, born 16.9.1899, Cardiff, New South Wales, draper from Mary Street, South Singleton, New South Wales and 148c Wycombe Road, Neutral Bay, N.S.W. (1936), enlisted 4.2.1918, 6th General Service Reinforcements (New South Wales), Reg No-54187, attached to Graves Registration Detachment from 33rd Battalion, France 10.4.1919, RTA 17.11.1919, 33rd Battalion, died 19.9.1948, North Sydney, N.S.W., age 49, resting at?, not officially commemorated.
Many thanks to Karen Eldridge for the family history.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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