Eric Newman HAGGAR MID

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HAGGAR, Eric Newman

Service Number:	797
Enlisted:	19 March 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sarsfield, Vic., 1893
Home Town:	Sarsfield, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 20 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 797, 24th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 797, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 797, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-03-20

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Lieut. Eric N Haggar, who was killed in action in France on the 20th March ast, was a native of Sarsfield. He enlisted at Biarnsdale in March of 1915 and sailed from Melbourne on the 8th May of the same year. He was in Egypt for some months and then went to Gallipoli, where he remained until the evacuation. Afterwards he was in France for twelve months, where he gained the D.S.O. medal for devotion to duty and gallant service. He was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's despatches for excellent work under heavy fire. He has three brothers still serving in France.

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