EASTON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2026 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1915, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jesmond, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France , 20 July 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Teralba War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2026, Depot Battalion , Newcastle, New South Wales | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2026, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2026, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2026, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. " Hororata" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2026, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2026, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2026, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 20th July 1916, Private Thomas Easton, referred to as Tommy, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2026), miner from Teralba, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Fromelles, age 27. Cause of death not stated.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Jesmond, New South Wales on the 24th September 1888 to James (died 4.8.1937, Wallsend, N.S.W., age?) of Dunbar Street, Stockton, New South Wales and 14 St. James Road, Adamstown, N.S.W. and Margaret Street, Teralba, N.S.W., and Jane Ann Easton (died 21.4.1895, Stockton, N.S.W., age?, sleeping at Stockton Cemetery, not listed on website Stockton General Cemetery) of Dunbar Street, Stockton, New South Wales, Tommy enlisted on the 13th September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on the 16th February 1916.
Disembarked Marseilles, France 23.6.1916.
Mr. Easton’s name has been inscribed on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France. Memorial No 2.
Place of Association – Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia.
Tommy’s name has also been inscribed on the Teralba Soldiers'. Name not inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial.
Unfortunately, there is no headstone at the curbed gravesite for Tommy’s father James, so on the 20th July 2016 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his son’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. PRESBYTERIAN-8NW. 73.
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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