Joseph Henry EACOTT

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EACOTT, Joseph Henry

Service Number:	20240
Enlisted:	28 December 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Daylesford, Victoria, April 1891
Home Town:	Longwarry, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawmill Hand
Died:	Warragul, Victoria, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Longwarry War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20240
20 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 20240, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 20240, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne

Peacekeeping Service

4 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20240, 8th Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born April 1891 in Daylesford, Victoria

Father William James Eacott
(b. 30/07/1855 Galmorgan, Tasmania - d. 17/07/1911); and
Mother Mrs Mary Ellen Eacott (nee Towers)
(b. 1866 Carlton, VIC - d. 19/03/1932 Longwarry, VIC)
(both buried in Drouin West Cemetery, Longwarry, VIC)

Joseph lived with his parents at Sand Road, Longwarry, Victoria on enlisting.

Siblings:
Clara Blanch Maud (Eacott) Tibbits   b. 1885 Glenlyon, VIC - d.08/06/1943 Perth, WA
    m. 1905 - John Markham Tibbits
    lived at 30 McLaron Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Anne Eacott   b. 1886 Glenlyon, VIC - d. 1887 in Daylesford, VIC
William Eacott b. 1889 in Glenlyon, VIC - d. 30/07/1937
                      buried in Drouin West Cemetery
Charles Arthur Eacott b. 1893 Daylesford, VIC - d. 20/09/1917 Belgium
Percy Edward Eacott b. 1895 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 1948 in Bunyip, VIC
Bridget Eacott b.1900 in Longwarry, VIC - d. 26 Oct 1978 at Longwarry, VIC

Next-of-kin in service:
Brother:
Private 6987 Charles Arthur Eacott - 7th Infantry Battalion (b. July 1893)
           20/10/1916     enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
           23/11/1916     embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A20 Hororata
      as a Private with 7th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
           29/01/1917     disembarked into Plymouth, England
           20/09/1917     hit by a shell and knocked unconscious - killed in action
                         at Black Watch Corner, Polygon Wood, Belgium
           Buried in:         the side of the trench of where he was killed
                         (noted by his comrades in his battalion)
           Buried alongside Pte 1945 William Gilbert Grace and
                                Pte 6509 Henry Russell Huntsman - all killed together

           20/9/2015        A rededication service was held at the
                                  Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium
                                  later his body was exhumed and reburied in:
                                  Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
                        Joint grave Plot I, Row D, Graves 19-20
                        (with Private 6509 Henry Russell Huntsman)
                                  Pte 1945 William Gilbert Grace is buried alongside the joint grave
            at Plot I, Row D, Grave 18
           His name is commemorated on:-
                 - Panel 7 at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium; and
                 - Panel 49 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT

Cousins
2168 Corporal Francis Thomas EACOTT, 1st Battalion
          15/10/1915 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
          09/03/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A13 Katuna
                             as a Private with with 1st Battalion
          04/01/1917   Killed in action - Jeancourt, France
          No known grave
          His name is commemorated on:
      - Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
                          - Panel 28 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT

22511 Driver Samuel Henry Eacott - 8th Field Artillery Brigade
           (brother to Francis above)
          11/01/1916 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
          20/05/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A7 Medic
                             as a Driver with 23rd Howitzer Brigade, 1st reinforcements
          last rank: Driver with 8th Field Artillery Brigade
          11/05/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Borda
          27/06/1919 disembarked into Australia
          11/08/1919 discharged from service
          1929          MARRIED Leila Victoria Eacott (nee Boulton)
          1974    Samuel passed away in Warragul, Victoria

Joseph was described on enlisting as 24 years 8 months of age; single; 5' 5.5" tall; 138 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Church of England (freckled neck)

28/12/1915 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC

06/01/1916 Private in B Company, 23rd (Dpeot) Battalion

07/01/1916 Gunner in Field Artillery reinforcements

01/04/1916 appointed to 8th Field Artillery Brigade, BAC, 3rd Division, Maribyrnong Camp

20/05/1916    embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A7 Medic
                     as a Gunner with 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Brigade Ammunition Column
18/07/1916    disembarked into Plymouth, England

09/08/1916 admitted to hospital sick - Larkhill
30/08/1916 discharged to unit

30/08/1916 taken on strength 8th Field Artillery Brigade

30/12/1916 proceeded overseas to France, ex England

17/08/1917    gun shot wound to neck - wounded in action, France
                    admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, in the field
20/08/1917    transferred to England
21/08/1917    evacuated onboard HT Carisbrooke Castle, ex France
22/08/1917    admitted 1st Southern General Hospital

01/01/1918 marched out to overseas training brigade

23/01/1918    proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton
24/01/1918    marched in to 1st Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, France
29/01/1918    rejoined brigade

22/10/1918    sick with Influenza - admitted to P.U.O
                     transferred to 53rd Casualty Clearing Station
24/10/1918    transferred to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France
30/10/1918    transferred to Convalescent Depot, Rouen, France
01/11/1918    transferred to Havre, France

26/12/1918 granted furlo (leave) to England
10/01/1919 returned to Admin HQ, France

14/01/1919 rejoined 8th Field Artillery Brigade, France

28/01/1919 detached to 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Corps Workshops, France

16/02/1919 rejoined unit and marched out to return to Australia

17/03/1919 marched out to England, ex Havre, France
18/03/1919 disembarked into Weymouth, England - marched into Codford

11/05/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Zealandia, ex England
28/06/1919 disembarked into Australia

04/09/1919 discharged from service

Medals: British War medal (43139) and Victory medal (42463)

1923 MARRIED: Elizabeth (Hanna) Eacott

1963 Joseph passed away in Warragul, Victoria

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/01/2017. Lest we forget.

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