Thomas John ECCLESTON

Regimental number37643
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationGold miner
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ellen Eccleston, Broadway, Reefton
Rank on embarkationSapper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, 5th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 84 Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankSapper
Final unitTunnelling Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 13 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialSt Pol Communal Cemetery Extension (Row H, Grave No 23), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Alfred and Kate Eccleston, New South Wales; Wife: Ellen Eccleston
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 39

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