EGLINTON, Thomas William
| Service Numbers: | 1672, 1672A |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Forest Range, South Australia, 1 September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Forest Range, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Forest Range Public School |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 9 May 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beltana & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Lenswood & Forest Range War Memorial, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1672, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1672, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1672, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 9 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1672A, 50th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1672A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-09 |
Thomas William Eglinton
Thomas William Eglinton was born at Forest Range on the 1st September 1885 and worked as a gardener. He enlisted in Adelaide on the 29th February 1916. Eglinton proceeded overseas on the 2nd November 1916. Thomas and Florence Edwards had only been married for a week before he went overseas {interview with Janice Forsberg 18/2/2011.}. However, he suffered a bout of measles in late 1916 and contracted influenza and jaundice in November of that year. Eglinton was sent to France with his unit, the 50th Battalion in March 1917. On the 6th April 1917 Eglinton was wounded in action in France, receiving a gunshot wound to his right thigh. Consequently, he was hospitalised in England, rejoining his unit in France on the 17th October 1917. Eglinton was killed in action on the 9th May 1918.
He was initially buried in an isolated grave in Villers-Bretonneux, but was reburied in the Adelaide British Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Submitted 10 October 2023 by christopher collins
Basic info
*Eglinton, Thomas William. 1672, Private 2/50th Battalion. Born Forest Range, South Australia. Enlisted Adelaide, S.A. 29 February 1916. Gardener 30 years, single – Address: Forest Range, South Australia. Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916. N.O.K. (Wife) Florence Mary Ann Eglinton, Forest Range, South Australia. Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France 9 May 1918. Buried Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Submitted 9 October 2014 by John Mannion
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