Tate, Eric Austin

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Tate, Eric Austin Service Number 2926

Killed in Action 9th October 1917 Morlancourt near Daisy Wood,

Passchendaele, Belgium

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NAME Tate, Eric Austin

SERVICE NO 2926

UNIT 20th Battalion/ 6

th Reinfs.

RANK Sergeant.

AGE at Enlistment 23 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Kangaroo Valley, Camden, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 30 Oct 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Emma Tate, Kangaroo Valley, NSW (dod 11/9/1919). Father deceased. Eldest Brother;- George Henry Tate, Kangaroo Valley

Brother;- Rex M Tate, Kangaroo Valley

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’11”. Weight-162lbs. Chest 34-37”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 2 Nov 1915 Sydney per A 14 “Eurpidies”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES AWOL-14-19 Mar 1917

AWOL-27-28 Mar 1917

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 3 Oct-18 Nov 1916- Tonsillitis, then German Measles

26 Dec 1916- Trench Feet. 25 Jan 1917 Adm. Hosp. Eng. Trench Feet. 3 Aug 1917- Wounded- France.

DIED 9 Oct 1917-Shell explosion in dugout at Morlancourt, nr Daisy Wood, Pass-chendaele.

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-18228, British War Medal-22482, Victory Medal-22314. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-344935.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Automatic Pistol (unloaded & not Government Property), money belt, photo, coin, 3 religious books, handkerchief/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Public Trustee- re Estate of Leonard Leslie Tate

Marriott & Oliver Solicitors, Nowra, NSW

Geo H Tate, Kangaroo Valley

Sydney Morning Herald 9

th October 1918 pg. 9

IN MEMORIUM TATE. – In loving memory of Sergt. Eric A. Tate, 20

th Batt., killed in action at Ypres, October 9, 1917.

Inserted by his loving mother, brothers, and sisters, Oakdale, Kangaroo Valley.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8098537

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