EASTICK, Audrey Agnes
| Service Number: | VF391182 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Horsham, Vic., 2 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Motor Accident), Australia, 4 October 1943, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 76 24, Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, VF391182 | |
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| 1 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Corporal, VF391182, Lines of Communication Units | |
| 1 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VF391182 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Elijah George and Agnes Kate Hunter, of Horsham, Victoria; wife of Vivian V. Eastick, of Queenscliff, Victoria.
TRUCK TRAGEDY
CLAIM VICTIM
SEIZED WHEEL
An allegation that an A.W.A.S. corporal grabbed the steering wheel of a military truck, causing it to overturn and iniure her Fatally, was made in the Police Court yesterday. This claim was made by the Jriver of the truck, Sergeant Stanley Oliver Eyles, who was charged an summons with having unlaw fully killed the woman, Audrey Agnes Eastick, on October 3. The hearing was adjourned until November 29. Detective J. Bateman said that
Eyles told him that Eastick was seated beside him on the front seat, and a captain and another member of the A.W.A.S. were seated on the floor of the truck. Eastick. who appeared a very nervous type, told him to drive
slowly. While going down Roblane Street, Windsor, travelling between 12 and 15 miles an hour, he changed into second gear. At the bottom of the hill Eastick grabbed the steering wheel, causing the vehicle to swerve to the left. He grabbed the wheel from her, turned the truck to the right, and applied the brake, but before he could stop the truck it had crossed the road, crashed into a fence, and overturned He could not say what caused Eastick to grab the wheel. To Mr. H. Stone (for Eyles) Bateman said there was no suggestion that Eyles let go the wheel at any time.
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