323 PRIVATE Albert Ambrose ECCLESTON

Date of Birth:  Stated at enlistment 1881, actual date 1878

Place of Birth: Cooma NSW

Next of Kin: Mr John W Eccleston - Father

Enlistment Date: 26 October 1915

Unit: 42nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Theatre of Service: France

Date of Death: 30 December 1916

Place of Death: 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Trois-Arbres, Steenwerck

Cause of Death: Died of wounds received near Armentieres Sector the day before

Note: Buried at Trois-Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.

Father lived in Crookwell, Lied about age on enlistment, was 3 years older than stated