EASTON, Francis Paul
| Service Numbers: | 881, 317 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1902 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, January 1878 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Kelvin Grove State School, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Horsebreaker |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Ismidt, Turkey, France, 19 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 16, Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bargara Sandhills Honour Roll, Ithaca War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 881, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 7 Jan 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 881, 1st Australian Horse | |
| 18 Feb 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 881, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Sydney 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 19 Mar 1902. | |
| 19 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 881, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 317, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 317, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 317, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 317, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 27 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Egypt | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Imprisoned Battle of Romani, Died of illness 19 November 1916 while POW in Ismidt, Turkey. | |
| 19 Nov 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 317, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 317 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Previously served in Boer War (refer Regimental No. 881).
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Subsequently served in 1st AIF (refer S/N 317, 2nd Light Horse Reg't).
NB: Age and place of birth are different in AIF attestation papers.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Francis Paul Easton was born in 1878 (possibly 1873) in Sydney, New South Wales, a son to William and Elizabeth Easton. He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1.
He first enlisted as Frank Easton in the Boer War serving as a Private S.N. 346 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. When he enlsited he is recorded in The Queenslander newspaper with next of kin being his mother Eliza Easton, Wilcock (Wilcox) St, Red Hill. This is the same next of kin and address used on his enlistment papers for his next Boer War service and then WW1 service, both of which he enlisted under his full name of Francis Paul Easton. He also listed his previous service in the 4th QIB and 1st BACH on the respective enlistments.
His second service as Francis Paul Easton was as a Private S.N. 881 in the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Boer War. He then enlisted in WW1 serving as a Lance Corporal S.N. 317 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF, WW1. He died while serving in WW1.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 & 523; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossiers for S.N. 346 & S.N. 881; National Archives Australia WW1 service record; The Queenslander newspaper, 19 May 1901, p. 937).
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