Donald Gordon EAGAR

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EAGAR, Donald Gordon

Service Numbers:	NX120997 (N191668), NX120997
Enlisted:	19 September 1942, Previously enlisted in the Militia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Northmead, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1921
Home Town:	Northmead, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row B. Gravesite 13., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial, Northmead Public School WW2 Honour Roll, Parramatta Arthur Phillip High School WW2 Roll Of Honour

World War 2 Service

19 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX120997, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF
19 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX120997 (N191668), Army Training Units, Previously enlisted in the Militia

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Donald Gordon Egar (1921-1943)

Donald Egar had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit. See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora. They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943. The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

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