LEAR, Eric Nightingale
| Service Number: | 10966 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1916, Served in the Senior Cadets and as Lieutenant, 60th Citizen Forces, Carlton. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Fryerstown, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France, 24 July 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row V, Grave No.13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eaglehawk St Peter's Honour Roll, Fryerstown State School No 252 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 10966, 3rd Divisional Train, Served in the Senior Cadets and as Lieutenant, 60th Citizen Forces, Carlton. | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 10966, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 10966, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 10966, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 10966, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Divisional Train | |
| 23 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10966, 3rd Divisional Train, GSWs right axilla, buttock, arm, thigh, knee, calf DoW 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 10966, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10966 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Divisional Train awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-07-24 |
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Sergeant 10966 Eric Nightingale Lear, born in Fryerstown, Vic, three years’ service in Volunteer Cadets (rank of officer); working as clerk in Federal Public Service (Quarantine Bureau); living at 126 Gatehouse Street, Parkville, Melbourne; enlisted 17/8/16, aged 24 years and six months, height 6’1⁄4”, weight 160 lb; chest 35-38”, dark complexion, grey eyes and black hair, C of E; married to Annie before embarking; appointed driver 21/4/16; embarked on Persic, Melbourne, 3/6/16; disembarked Plymouth, 25/7/16; continued trained in UK; marched out to 3rd Division Train Details, 20/11/16; promoted to sergeant in 867th Coy to complete establishment, 22/11/16; marched in to ASC Training Depot at Parkhouse from Lark Hill, 16/12/16; marched out to Lark Hill detachment 17/1/17; proceeded to France with ASC reinforcements 22/2/17; arrived HT & S Depot, Havre, 24/2/17; marched out to 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion 28/2/17; TOS 6/3/17; marched out to 3rd Divisional Train 10/3/17; re-joined 867th Coy, 12/3/17; detached to 3rd Division Pack Troops 15/7/17; wounded in action 23/7/17; admitted to 11th Field Ambulance with gun shots wounds right axilla, buttock, arm, thigh, knee, calf 23/7/17; transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 23/7/17; died of wounds 24/7/17, buried at Trois Arbres Military Cemetery, 3.5 miles WNW of Armentieres; Annie (of 95 Hope St, South Yarra) granted fortnightly pension of 53s/9d from 3/10/17.
On the AWM roll of Honour circular, Annie (wife) wrote: Left hand bowler for the North Melbourne Cricket Club. Also captain of the 22nd ASC Cricket Club while in France. A member of the Civil Service Rowing Club, for who he was the Stroke.
According to a news snippet in the ‘Gippsland Standard’ of 10/8/17, Eric was ‘struck by a shell blast on the right side.’
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