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Herbert Walter EAGLES

Regimental number3300
Place of birthHillston, New South Wales
SchoolAlbury Public School, Albury, NSW
ReligionSalvation Army
OccupationLabourer
AddressKiewa Street, Albury, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Henry Eagles, Kiewa Street, Albury, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 34), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Bridget EAGLES, David Street, Albury, New South Wales. Native of Hilston
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3301 Pte Thomas Wolgar EAGLES, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917; 3302 Pte William Frederick EAGLES, 1st bn, killed in action, 12 July 1918.

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