Parents : Ernest & Catherine Eames
Enlistment : 15 July 1940
Location : Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Platoon : Mortar Platoon
Service Number : QX14610
Place of Death : Sedeli River - Mawai Jahore
Cause of Death : Drowning
Original Place : Kota Tingi 989812
of Burial ......
Commemoration : Brisbane, Queensland
in Australia ...... Australian War Memorial,
............ Canberra.
Extract taken from :
"The Battalion Story' written and compiled by Lt. Col. Ronald Magarry M.C.
Page 59
"The Battalion suffered its first fatal casualty in Malaya, when Corporal Bill Eames, fell out of a "dug-out" canoe and drowned. Corporal Eames, not a swimmer, accompanied by two others from the Mortar Platoon, all wearing full equipment, were crossing the river to do a patrol. Both companions went into the water in an effort to save him, but were not successful."
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Parents : Ernest & Catherine Eames
Enlistment : 15 July 1940
Location : Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Platoon : Mortar Platoon
Service Number : QX14610
Place of Death : Sedeli River - Mawai Jahore
Cause of Death : Drowning
Original Place : Kota Tingi 989812
of Burial ......
Commemoration : Brisbane, Queensland
in Australia ...... Australian War Memorial,
............ Canberra.
Extract taken from :
"The Battalion Story' written and compiled by Lt. Col. Ronald Magarry M.C.
Page 59
"The Battalion suffered its first fatal casualty in Malaya, when Corporal Bill Eames, fell out of a "dug-out" canoe and drowned. Corporal Eames, not a swimmer, accompanied by two others from the Mortar Platoon, all wearing full equipment, were crossing the river to do a patrol. Both companions went into the water in an effort to save him, but were not successful."
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
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