EACOTT, Joseph Henry
| Service Number: | 20240 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Longwarry, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawmill Hand |
| Died: | Warragul, Victoria, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Longwarry War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20240 | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 20240, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 20240, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
Peacekeeping Service
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20240, 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born April 1891 in Daylesford, Victoria
Father William James Eacott
(b. 30/07/1855 Galmorgan, Tasmania - d. 17/07/1911); and
Mother Mrs Mary Ellen Eacott (nee Towers)
(b. 1866 Carlton, VIC - d. 19/03/1932 Longwarry, VIC)
(both buried in Drouin West Cemetery, Longwarry, VIC)
Joseph lived with his parents at Sand Road, Longwarry, Victoria on enlisting.
Siblings:
Clara Blanch Maud (Eacott) Tibbits b. 1885 Glenlyon, VIC - d.08/06/1943 Perth, WA
m. 1905 - John Markham Tibbits
lived at 30 McLaron Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Anne Eacott b. 1886 Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1887 in Daylesford, VIC
William Eacott b. 1889 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 30/07/1937
buried in Drouin West Cemetery
Charles Arthur Eacott b. 1893 Daylesford, VIC - d. 20/09/1917 Belgium
Percy Edward Eacott b. 1895 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 1948 in Bunyip, VIC
Bridget Eacott b.1900 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 26 Oct 1978 at Longwarry, VIC
Next-of-kin in service:
Brother:
Private 6987 Charles Arthur Eacott - 7th Infantry Battalion (b. July 1893)
20/10/1916 enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
23/11/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A20 Hororata
as a Private with 7th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
29/01/1917 disembarked into Plymouth, England
20/09/1917 hit by a shell and knocked unconscious - killed in action
at Black Watch Corner, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Buried in: the side of the trench of where he was killed
(noted by his comrades in his battalion)
Buried alongside Pte 1945 William Gilbert Grace and
Pte 6509 Henry Russell Huntsman - all killed together
20/9/2015 A rededication service was held at the
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium
later his body was exhumed and reburied in:
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Joint grave Plot I, Row D, Graves 19-20
(with Private 6509 Henry Russell Huntsman)
Pte 1945 William Gilbert Grace is buried alongside the joint grave
at Plot I, Row D, Grave 18
His name is commemorated on:-
- Panel 7 at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium; and
- Panel 49 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Cousins
2168 Corporal Francis Thomas EACOTT, 1st Battalion
15/10/1915 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
09/03/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A13 Katuna
as a Private with with 1st Battalion
04/01/1917 Killed in action - Jeancourt, France
No known grave
His name is commemorated on:
- Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
- Panel 28 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
22511 Driver Samuel Henry Eacott - 8th Field Artillery Brigade
(brother to Francis above)
11/01/1916 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
20/05/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A7 Medic
as a Driver with 23rd Howitzer Brigade, 1st reinforcements
last rank: Driver with 8th Field Artillery Brigade
11/05/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Borda
27/06/1919 disembarked into Australia
11/08/1919 discharged from service
1929 MARRIED Leila Victoria Eacott (nee Boulton)
1974 Samuel passed away in Warragul, Victoria
Joseph was described on enlisting as 24 years 8 months of age; single; 5' 5.5" tall; 138 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Church of England (freckled neck)
28/12/1915 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
06/01/1916 Private in B Company, 23rd (Dpeot) Battalion
07/01/1916 Gunner in Field Artillery reinforcements
01/04/1916 appointed to 8th Field Artillery Brigade, BAC, 3rd Division, Maribyrnong Camp
20/05/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A7 Medic
as a Gunner with 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Brigade Ammunition Column
18/07/1916 disembarked into Plymouth, England
09/08/1916 admitted to hospital sick - Larkhill
30/08/1916 discharged to unit
30/08/1916 taken on strength 8th Field Artillery Brigade
30/12/1916 proceeded overseas to France, ex England
17/08/1917 gun shot wound to neck - wounded in action, France
admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, in the field
20/08/1917 transferred to England
21/08/1917 evacuated onboard HT Carisbrooke Castle, ex France
22/08/1917 admitted 1st Southern General Hospital
01/01/1918 marched out to overseas training brigade
23/01/1918 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton
24/01/1918 marched in to 1st Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, France
29/01/1918 rejoined brigade
22/10/1918 sick with Influenza - admitted to P.U.O
transferred to 53rd Casualty Clearing Station
24/10/1918 transferred to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France
30/10/1918 transferred to Convalescent Depot, Rouen, France
01/11/1918 transferred to Havre, France
26/12/1918 granted furlo (leave) to England
10/01/1919 returned to Admin HQ, France
14/01/1919 rejoined 8th Field Artillery Brigade, France
28/01/1919 detached to 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Corps Workshops, France
16/02/1919 rejoined unit and marched out to return to Australia
17/03/1919 marched out to England, ex Havre, France
18/03/1919 disembarked into Weymouth, England - marched into Codford
11/05/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Zealandia, ex England
28/06/1919 disembarked into Australia
04/09/1919 discharged from service
Medals: British War medal (43139) and Victory medal (42463)
1923 MARRIED: Elizabeth (Hanna) Eacott
1963 Joseph passed away in Warragul, Victoria
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/01/2017. Lest we forget.