ECKFORD, Douglas Eglinton
| Service Numbers: | 773, N24022 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 26 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Private School, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Traveller & Car Salesman |
| Died: | Illness, Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1965, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Battery Point St George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 773, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 773, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N24022 | |
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| 16 Apr 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, N24022, Australian Army Service Corps, HQ 1st Australian Supply & res. Depot |
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Douglas Eglinton ECKFORD was born in Hobart in Tasmania on 26th December, 1894
His parents were Arthur Eglinton Montgomery ECKFORD & Ethel Maude PACKER who married in All Saints Church in Hobart on 21st April, 1888
He married Dorothy Iris Caroline WILKINS in Sydney in 1914
His 2nd marriage was to Araluen Muriel McARTHUR in Sydney on 7th September, 1920
His 3rd marriage was to to Dorothy SAUNDERS in Sydney in 1929
He served in both WW1 and WW2 (see service records for details)
Douglas died in Sydney on 14th March, 1965
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His brother Alan Eglinton ECKFORD (SN 4407) served in the 24th Infantry Battalion during WW1 and was Killed in Action in France on 3rd May, 1917
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