David Oliver EATON

EATON, David Oliver

Service Number: TX8021
Enlisted: 5 August 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 18 October 1913
Home Town: Claremont, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Factory Hand employed by Cadbury, Fry Pascelles, Claremont, Tasmania
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference ~ Plot A. Row C. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "AT REST...HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, TX8021
5 Aug 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX8021, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

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