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• Name EAGER
• Initials MEE
• First name MELBOURNE EDMUND EL
• Place of birth Peterborough
• Country South Australia, Australia
• Last residence Petersburg, South Africa, Africa
• Family Son of Archibald Edmund and Alice Eleanor Eager, of Main North Rd., Prospect, South Australia
• Profession Drapers assistant

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 30 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Service number 27585
• Rank Gunner
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 20 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Proceeded overseas to France 5 September 1917

Death

• Wounded 11 October
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds penetrating abdomen; N°17 CCS
• Date of death 11 October 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - J - 5A

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