Alfred Edward EAMES

EAMES, Alfred Edward

Service Number: 5067
Enlisted: 30 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Deniliquin, New South Wales, 1894
Home Town: Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Melbourne, Victoria, 14 August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Dodonaea, Wall D, Niche 153
Memorials: Deniliquin Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Deniliquin War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5067, 7th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Bendigo, Victoria
1 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5067, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A23' Suffolk from Melbourne on 1st April 1916, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 12th May 1916. Embarked on SS Tunisian from Alexandria, Egypt on 28th May 1916 to Marseilles, France disembarking on 4th June 1916. Entrained to Etaples on 7th June 1916
8 Jan 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5067, 7th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound left shoulder
12 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5067, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on the Hospital Ship Soudan from England on 12th May 1919, disembarking in Melbourne on 29th June 1919.
13 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5067, 7th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Alfred Edward  and Mary Eames, Deniliquin North New South Wales.  Brother of 749 Private John Allen Eames (MM) - 4th Machine Gun Battalion returned to Australia 2nd January 1918 (1896)