Lieutenant Richmond Cornwallis Eather

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Photograph P01712.001
Service number 2707, 2709
Ranks Held Corporal, Lieutenant, Private
Birth Date 1888-01-18
Death Date 1966-04-21
Final Rank Lieutenant
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 25th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 26th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1919-10-04
Published in London Gazette in 1918-09-24
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-09
Published in London Gazette in 1919-03-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-02-12
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-01-29

Collection items

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    Group portrait of Major William McIntyre Davis MC and officers of the Headquarters of the 25th ...

    Group portrait of Major W Davis and officers of the Headquarters of the 25th Battalion. ...

    LONDON, ENGLAND. C.1919. STUDIO GROUP PORTRAIT OF FOUR OFFICERS OF 25TH BATTALION WHO WERE ...

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Corporal
    London Gazette
    09 December 1916 on page 12055 at position 43
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 927 at position 71

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    04 October 1919 on page 12263 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 June 1919 on page 1010 at position 31

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Corporal

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    24 September 1918 on page 11316 at position 10
    Commonwealth Gazette
    12 February 1919 on page 264 at position 6

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    26th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Corporal

Timeline

Date of birth 18 January 1888
Date of enlistment 17 June 1915
Date of embarkation 10 August 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 11 September 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 23 June 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 June 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 October 1918
Date returned to Australia 16 March 1919
Date of death 21 April 1966

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