Tate, Eric Austin

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Tate, Eric Austin

Service Service Number Number 1494 2926 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 9th October 1917 Peninsula MorlancourtGallipoli near Daisy Wood, Passchendaele, Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Tate, Eric Austin

SERVICE NO

2926

UNIT

20th Battalion/ 6th 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool, NSW

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 DESCRIPTION

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. 9 Oct 1917-Shell explosion in dugout at Morlancourt, nr Daisy Wood, Passchendaele.

DIED BURIED MEDALS

1914-15 Star-18228, British War Medal-22482, Victory Medal-22314. Memorial 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 9th October 1918 pg. 9 IN MEMORIUM TATE. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In loving memory of Sergt. Eric A. Tate, 20th 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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