Claude Alex EAGLESOME

Regimental number36434
Date of birth11 July 1896
Place of birthPrebbleton, Christchurch
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, William Eaglesome, Prebbleton, Canterbury
Enlistment date20 September 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 75 Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 23 December 1918
Discharge date26 February 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 26255 Pte John Murray EAGLESOME, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 12 October 1917; 7/1549 Driver Robert James EAGLESOME, New Zealand Field Artillery, died of disease, 27 May 1918.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 29
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24056002