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EAMES, John Allen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 749 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1916, Place of enlistment - Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Letter Carrier |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, 21 June 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C, Section H, Plot 2262 Cremated Mount Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland; ashes interred in wife, Ropha and son's, Allen grave, Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe, New South Wales. |
| Memorials: | Deniliquin Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 749, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A24' Benalla from Sydney on 9th November 1916, disembarking at Devonport, England on 9th January 1917. | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 749, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Place of enlistment - Goulburn, New South Wales | |
| 19 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 5 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 64th Infantry Battalion (BCOF), for signalling purposes | |
| 31 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, 'On the 5th April, 1918, near LAVIEVILE, this Signaller kept up telephonic communication between Company Headquarters and the forward guns, repairing wire all day under heavy shell fire. When one Section was forced to retire he laid a new line to them. He performed similar work on the 6th April, 1918.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185 Date: 27 November 1918 | |
| 24 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Had been promoted to Temporary Corporal on 7th April 1918 | |
| 2 Jan 1919: | Embarked 749, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked on RMS Karmala from England on 2nd January 1919, disembarking on 22nd February 1919. | |
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 749, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Alfred Edward and Mary Eames, Deniliquin North New South Wales. Brother of 5067 Private Alfred Edward Eames - 7th Infantry Battalion returned to Australia 29th June 1919 (1894)