EASTHAM, Archibald
| Service Number: | 3061 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walton, Liverpool, England, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Huzton Park, North Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 34 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3061, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3061, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3061, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 22nd July 1916, Private Archibald Eastham, referred to as Archie, 3rd Battalion (Signaller, Reg No-3061), clerk (Coastal Farmers' Society, Ltd, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from Carrington Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, was Killed in Action at the Battle of Pozieres, age 22. Cause of death not stated.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Walton, Liverpool, United Kingdom about 1893 to William (died 19.4.1929, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 59) and Minnie Eastham (died 29.5.1942, Wyong, N.S.W., age 75) of "Ashleigh", Hannell Street, Wickham, New South Wales (1915), and Maryville, N.S.W. (1917) and Main Road, Cardiff Heights, N.S.W. (1919), Archie enlisted on the 4th August 1915 as Archie, with the 18th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 20th December 1915.
Note - service record gives no indication of illness.
Archie is resting at Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France. Plot III Row G Grave 34.
Many thanks to Thierry Grier for the cemetery and headstone photos.
Place of Association - Wickham, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Eastham’s name has been inscribed on the Book of Gold, Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial and the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board.
There is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque for the Eastham family to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Archie’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-140. 36.
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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