Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

All Australia Memorial: Victoria p 63

Eagles G B  Pte  3089    George Benjamin       24 Inf Bn    32    Brushmaker    Married    R C        

Address:    St Kilda East, Wadsworth St, 34    

Next of Kin:    Eagles, Isabella, Mrs, wife, 34 Wadsworth St, St Kilda East

                    parents Eagles, George and Mary, 41 Rosebery St, Ascot Vale   

Enlisted:    10 Jul 1915        

Embarked:     A73 Commonwealth 26 Nov 1915    

"Eagles, G B, Pte No 23089. 8th Batt., s. of Mary and George Eagles, 41 Rosebery St,

Ascot Vale; husband of Isabella Eagles, 34 Wordsworth St, St Kilda.  b at Carlton,

Aug 21, 1882; educ Ascot Vale SS; brushmaker: enl Mel., July 19, 1915.  War service:

Egypt;Belgium; France (sev wounded Jul 23, 1916, at Pozieres, being buried for the

second time by shell explosion, which killed three of his maters: inv to England;

7 mths in hospital).

All Australia Memorial: Victoria, p 63

War Service Commemorated

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