EYEINGTON, Thomas William
| Service Number: | 4533 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Zealand, November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Corrimal, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Gunnedah Hospital, N.S.W., 30 August 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gunnedah Cemetery, NSW AKA Gunnedah Historical Cemetery, O Ang, Y. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4533, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4533, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4533, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4533, 45th Infantry Battalion , 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 78 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 71st name inscribed is Private Thomas William Eyeington.
On the 30th August 1935, Private Thomas William Eyeington, 45th Battalion (Reg No-4533), miner from Corrimal, New South Wales and Gunnedah?, N.S.W., died at the Gunnedah Hospital, N.S.W., age 39 or 40. Burial date unknown at the Gunnedah Historical Cemetery, N.S.W. O Ang, Y.
https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=8338343.
Born at New Zealand about 1895 to George, died 6.5.1943, Belmont, N.S.W., age?, buried Belmont Cemetery, N.S.W., not listed on Find a Grave, from 3 Galgabba Street, Swansea, N.S.W., and Elizabeth Eyeington nee Harrigate, died?; husband of Florence (Milly) Ameila Eyeington nee Cornish, married 29.3.1919, the Register Office, London, England, died?
Tom enlisted on the 13th November 1916 with the 30th Battalion, stated age 21 years, at Kiama, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 25th November 1916.
Disembarked Devonport, England 29.1.1917.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 19.6.1917.
Taken on Strength 45th Battalion 9.7.1917.
Granted leave to England from 26.7.1918 to 13.8.1918 and 17.3.1919 to 4.4.1919.
Commenced return to Australia with wife Milly 8.8.1919.
Tom arrived home with Milly on the 25th September 1919, being discharged on the 9th November 1919.
Not officially commemorated.
Tom’s name has been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour as EYSINGTON.
I would like to see poppies placed at Tom’s plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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