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Eric Nightingale LEAR

Regimental number10966
Place of birthFryerstown, Victoria
SchoolWesley College, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address126 Gatehouse Street, Parkville, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Lear, 95 Hope Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and Lieutenant 60th Citizen Forces Carlton.
Enlistment date17 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name3rd Divisional Train, 22nd Company, Army Service Corps
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularLeft hand bowler for the North Melb Cricket Club. Also Captain of the 22nd ASC Cricket Club in France. A member of the Civil Service Rowing Club.
FateDied of wounds 24 July 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death1 January 1996
Age at death25.8
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row V, Grave No.13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: D'Arcy and Florence LEAR; husband of Annie LEAR, 95 Hope Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Fryerstown

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