Robert James EAGLESOME

Regimental number7/1549
Date of birth27 October 1894
Place of birthPrebbleton
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPrebbleton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 4.25"
Weight117 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Eaglesome, Prebbleton, Canterbury
Previous military serviceServed in the Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date14 June 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 27 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAldershot Military Cemetery (Row AA, Grave No NZ2), England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Helen Eaglesome, Springbank, North Canterbury
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 26255 Pte John Murray EAGLESOME, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 12 October 1917; 36434 Claude Alex EAGLESOME
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Died of peritonitis.

War service: 2 years 348 days (of which 983 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Sixth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20999872

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