| Unit |
3rd Battalion |
Rank |
Private |
Service no. |
1544 |
| Date of Death |
8th May 1915 |
Place of Death |
At sea - on S.S. Lutzow |
Age
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22 |
| Cemetery |
Lone Pine Memorial |
Details |
Panel 20 |
| Epitaph |
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| Next of Kin |
(Mother) EATHER Maria |
| Parents |
George William
and Maria EATHER |
Church St,
Windsor NSW |
| Date of Birth |
1893 |
Place of birth |
Windsor, NSW |
Source |
NSW B,D&M |
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| General |
326 Sgt A. A. Foley reported that
Eather was killed by a shell, fired at Headquarters from the Goeben
on 8 May. Another report notes that a part of a trench fell in
as a result of the firing from the Goeben, killing the men in it.
Eather died of gunshot wounds to the head, on the transport Lutzow,
between Gallipoli and Alexandria. Sources:
Army Service papers, National Archives of Australia; Australian Red
Cross Bureau Files, Australian War Memorial |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
- The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, 9 June 1915,
(source 24)
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Photo |
The Sydney Mail
newspaper, 16 June 1915 (source 15) |
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Photo |
Cumberland Argus and
Fruitgrowers’ Advocate
newspaper, 6 June 1915, page 4 (source 23) |
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Photo |
The Daily Telegraph
newspaper, 31 May 1915, page 9 (source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
Cumberland Argus and
Fruitgrowers’ Advocate
newspaper, 24 July 1915 (source 23) |
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Newspaper article |
The Daily Telegraph
newspaper, 31 May 1915, page 7 (source 70) |
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Family details |
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Headstone |
http://www.anzacs.net
(source 12) |
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