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ESCHNER, Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 4783, SN 4783 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edithburgh, South Australia, 25 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 July 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coomandook Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Loxton Soldiers Memorial Rotunda, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Yorketown War Memorial, Yorketown and District of Melville Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 4783, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 4783, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4783, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4783 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 4783, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds at the 5th Clearing Station the same day |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of Friederich Augast Eschner and Emma Heinrich
Brother of Ewald, Johannes, Olga, Meta, Dorothea, Cora, Vera, Fritz, Rita, Frida, Edna and Lewis
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