Regimental number | 1672 |
Place of birth | Forest Range, South Australia |
School | Forest Range Public School, Forest Range, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Gardener |
Address | Forest Range, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 5.25" |
Weight | 137 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Florence Mary Ann Eglinton, Forest Range, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 50th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/67/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 50th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Age at death | 31.9 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 27), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 150 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth EGLINTON, Lenswood, Forest Range, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3104 Lance Corporal Clarence Roy EGLINTON, 27th Bn, killed in action, 20 September 1917; 2106 Pte Lawrence EGLINTON, 50th Bn, killed in action, 2 April 1917; 2023 Pte Wilfred Row EGLINTON, 70th Bn, returned to Australia, 25 August 1917; 2105 Pte John Charles EGLINTON, 5th Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 24 August 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted to Government Hospital, Suez, 14 May 1916 (measles); discharged to duty, 17 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria, 6 August 1916.Proceeded overseas to France from England, 2 November 1916; taken on strength, 50th Bn, in the field, 18 November 1916. Admitted to 21st Casualty Clearing Station, 19 November 1916 (influenza); transferred to Ambulance Train No 17, 23 November 1916, and admitted to 4th General Hospital, Rouen, 24 November 1916; transferred to England, 6 December 1916 (influenza and jaundice), and admitted same day to Tankeston Voluntary Aid Detachment. Transferred from Shorncliffe Military Hospital to Canadian Hospital, 16 January 1917 (no further details recorded); marched in to 13th Training Bn, Codford, from Etching Hill Hospital, Salisbury, 7 February 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 15 March 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 20 March 1917. Wounded in action, 2 April 1917 (gun shot wound, right thigh: severe), admitted to 13th Australian field Ambulance and transferred to 9th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train, 3 April 1917, and admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 4 April 1917; transferred to England, 7 April 1917, and admitted same day to Kitchener's Military Hospital, Brighton. Transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 8 May 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 8 May 1917. Marched out to No 4 Command Depot, Codford, 9 July 1917; marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Perham Downs,28 August 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 6 October 1917. Killed in action, 9 May 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, EGLINTON Thomas William |