Participant Info

Given Name

Edward Francis

Family Name

Eccles

Service Number

6739

Place of Birth

Wuk Wuk VIC

Occupation

Driver

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Brother, Jack Speers, 12 Bendigo Street, Prahran, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Fitzroy, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

5th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

22

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A38 Ulysses, Melbourne VIC on 25 October 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

20/09/1917

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium

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Link to record

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