EITELBERG  W.T.A.

Given Names:  William Thomas Albert

               

Service Number:  5667

Unit:  14th Battalion, 18th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Boot Finisher                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  114 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Louis Henry Eitelberg

22 Cobden Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  4/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Lincoln A17

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Borda    

Embarked:  20/10/1918                             

Disembarked:  18/12/1918

Unit:  14th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  28/5/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  41161

Victory Medal:  40561

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Northhampton, England                

Father:  Louis Henry EITELBERG             

Mother:  Harriet NICHOLLS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Violet JONES

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 13/8/1968                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 26/9/1917; gun shot wound, right shoulder

Wounded in action 3/7/1918; gun shot wound, scalp

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary