Eton Memorial
| Location: | Langford Park, Peak Downs Highway, Eton. |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay Regional Council. |
| Year Constructed: | post 1918. |
| Type of Construction: | Concrete with Marble plaques. |
| War: | 1914-1918 |
| Names: | 89 (17 Killed in Action), (5 Died of Illness), ( 1 Died of Wounds) |
| History: | not known. The original Marble and inlaid lead tablets were replaced by Granite in c. 2000. |
| References: | Email From Mrs Di Randell |
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| Eton War Memorial 2006. (Glen Hall Collection) |
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| Eton War Memorial 2006. North Western view (Glen Hall Collection) |
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| Eton Memorial 2006, Eastern Aspect (Glen Hall Collection) |
Eastern Side
THIS MEMORIAL
was erected by Public subscription
in commemoration of those brave men
who fought and fell in
the GREAT WAR
1914-1918
| recorded as | Identified as | |
| killed | ||
| AITCHESON, W. | AITCHESON, William Gladstone, Private, 5977, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 14 February 1916, Killed in Action, 8 October 1917, Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium. |  |
| BAGLEY, H.G. | BAGLEY, Herbert George, Private, 2137, 47th Battalion (4th Reinforcements), enlisted 20 March 1916, Killed in Action 7 June 1917, Messines, Belgium. |  |
| BARBER, H.A. | BARBER, Henry Augustus, Private, 2386, 47th Battalion (5th Reinforcements), enlisted 21 February 1916, Killed in Action 7 June 1917, Messines, Belgium. | |
| BAXTER, J. | BAXTER, John William, Lance Corporal, 1084, 11th Light Horse Regiment (5th Reinforcements), enlisted 8 July 1915, Died of Wounds 1 May 1918, Palestine. | |
| BELDAN, T.J. | BELDAN, Thomas James, Private, 5991, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 21 February 1916, Killed in Action 30 May 1918, HazeBrouck, France. |  |
| CAVAN, H. | CAVEN, Hugh, Private, 6237, 9th Battalion (20th Reinforcements), enlisted 1 April 1916, Killed in Action 10 August 1918, France. | |
| CLARK, P. (M.M.) | CLARK, Peter (M.M.), Private, 6001, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 21 February 1916, Killed in Action 24 April 1918, Meteren, France. |  |
| CLARKE, W.G. | CLARK, William Gordon, Private, 5665, 9th Battalion (18th Reinforcements), enlisted 14 February 1916, Killed in Action, 26 February 1917, France. | |
| FARRELLY, H. | FARRELLY, Herbert Owen, Private, 3385, 52nd Battalion (9th Reinforcements), enlisted 29 October 1916, Killed in Action 21 October 1917, Belgium. | |
| HILTON, L. | HILTON, Leonard, Private, 2565, 42nd Battalion (5th Reinforcements), enlisted 8 April 1916, Killed in Action 12 October 1917, Passchendale, Belgium. |  |
| HOWELL, W. | HOWELL, William Robert Cook, Private, 4141, 26th Battalion, enlisted 21 September 1915, Died of wounds 30 August 1916, France. |  |
| KARLSEN, G. | (Not positively identified) | |
| LOWTHER, W. | LOWTHER, William Montgomery, Private, 2263, Light Trench Morter Battery (7th Reinforcements) / 41st Battalion, enlisted 20 February 1917, Killed in Action, 29 September 1918, France. |  |
| PETERSEN, A. | PETERSEN, Albert Magnus, Private, 3228, 47th Battalion (8th Reinforcements), enlisted 27 May 1916, Killed in Action, 12 October 1917, Belgium. |  |
| STEVENSON, J. | STEVENSON, John, Private, 291, 41st Battalion (A Company), enlisted 19 October 1915, Killed in Action, 4 June 1917, Messines, Belgium. |  |
| TEMPLE, W. | TEMPLE, William Fairbairn, Trooper, 37, 11th Light Horse Regiment (Headquarters) 4th Anzac Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps, enlisted 7 January 1915, Killed in Action 30 March 1918, Amman, Jordan. |  |
| WHITEFORD, J. | WHITEFORD, James, Private, 6/2010, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (N.Z.E.F.), KIA 5 December 1917, Polygon Wood, Belgium. |  |
| Died of Illness | ||
| BURGESS, T. | BURGESS, Thomas (Not positively identified) | |
| DUNCAN, H. | (Not positively identified) | |
| FLAHERTY, P. | FLAHERTY, Patrick Bryan, Private, 5090, 9th Battalion (16th Reinforcements) / 13th Australian Infantry Brigade HQ, enlisted 13 December 1915, Died of Disease (Influenza) 24 October 1918, Cowley, Middlesex, England. | |
| PEARSON, E.S. | PEARSON, Edwin Steven, Private, 4384, 47th Battalion (4th Reinforcements), enlisted 21 March 1916, Died of Illness, 7 October 1916, Brisbane, Queensland. Buried Toowong Cemetery. | |
| RANDELL, A.E. | RANDELL, Alfred Ernest (Paddy), Private, 2494, 47th Battalion (5th Reinforcements), enlisted 1 April 1916, Died at Sea of Ilness (Meningitis), 17 October 1916, just off Durban, South Africa. |  |
| Died of Wounds | ||
| PORTER, S.F. (M.C.) | PORTER, Simon Fahey (M.C.), Captain, 15th Battalion (14th Reinforcements), Died of Wounds, 25 November 1918, Surrey, England. |  |
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| Eton Memorial 2006, North Eastern Aspect (Glen Hall Collection) |
North Eastern Side
| recorded as | Identified as | |
| BAGLEY, A.A. | BAGLEY, Arthur Alexander, Lance Sergeant, 5031, 15th Battalion (16th Reinforcements)/ 47th Battalion, enlisted 29 December 1915, Returned To Australia, 23 September 1918, died 3 August 1963, aged 73 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. |  |
| BARBER, W. | BARBER, William, Private, 2385, 47th Battalion (5th Reinforcements) / 46th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned To Australia, 23 March 1919. | |
| BARRIE, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| BIRKBECK, G.S. | BIRKBECK, Gilbert Samuel Colin Latona (D.S.O., M.I.D.), Major, 2nd Light Horse Regiment (C Squadron), enlisted 20 August 1914, Returned to Australia 13 March 1919, Died 15 December 1947, Toowoomba, Queensland. |  |
| BISLEY, H. | BISLEY, Harry, Private, 27, 11th Machine Gun Company / 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 12 December 1918. Died 29 April 1943 in Townsville aged 48 years. Buried 30 April 1943 in Belgian Gardens Cemetery. | |
| BROADHEAD, E.W. | BROADHEAD, Ernest William, Sapper, 4863, 4th Tunnelling Company, 1st Headquarters / 38th Battalion, enlisted 2 November 1915, Returned to Australia 30 April 1919. | |
| CARROLL, C. | CARROLL, George (M.C.), Captain, 319, 25th Battalion (B Company), enlisted 8 February 1915, Returned To Australia 5 February 1919. |  |
| CHETWYND, H. | CHETWYND, Harold Leslie, Private, 6004, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 14 February 1916, Returned to Australia 16 June 1919. | |
| CLARK, W. | (Not positively identified) | |
| CLAYDON, J. | CLAYDON, James Joseph Henry, Private, 2806, 1st Battalion (9th Reinforcements) / MGDtls, enlisted 1 July 1915, Returned to Australia 19 February 1919. | |
| CREBET, A.W. | CREBERT, Albert William, Private, 6005, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 10 May 1919. | |
| DAVENPORT, G. | DAVENPORT, Garnet, Private, 7048, 25th Battalion / 26th Battalion, enlisted 4 September 1917, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919. | |
| DALTON, G. | DALTON, George Abbot, Driver, 37318, Australian Field Artillery, enlisted 6 February 1917, Returned to Australia 7 June 1918. | |
| DALTON, W. | DALTON, William, Driver, 37319, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 2 December 1916, Returned to Australia 5 April 1919, died 25 March 1975, aged 83 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. | |
| DOYLE, P. | DOYLE, Patrick, Private, 6011, 9th Battalion, enlisted 1 March 1916, Returned to Australia 20 December 1918. | |
| DUNN, W.A. | DUNN, William Andrew, Private, 2153, 47th Battalion / 48th Battalion, enlisted 20 March 1916, Returned to Australia 2 June 1919. | |
| EDWARDS, G.W. | EDWARDS, George William, Corporal, 1531, 25th Battalion / 9th Battalion, enlisted 24 March 1915, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919. | |
| EVANS, L. | (Not positively identified) | |
| FLAHERTY, J. | FLAHERTY, John, Driver, 27971, Field Artillery Brigade 13 / 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 12 June 1919. | |
| FLAHERTY, R. | FLAHERTY, Robert, Driver, 27972, Field Artillery Brigade 13 / 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, enlisted 20 March 1916, Returned to Australia 12 June 1919. | |
| GORDON, E. | GORDON, Edward James, Private, 2427, 42nd Battalion, enlisted 17 June 1916, Returned to Australia 31 January 1918. | |
| GORDON, H. | GORDON, Henry Richard, Private, 7253, 9th Battalion, enlisted 16 November 1916, Returned to Australia 18 July 1919. | |
| GRAHAM, J. | GRAHAM, John, Private, 2174, 52nd Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 15 February 1918. | |
| HANNAN, H. | HANNAN, Herbert James Alphonts, Private, 2319, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, enlisted 8 February 1916, Returned to Australia, 20 May 1919, died 9 July 1974, aged 78 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. | |
| HANSEN, A. | HANSEN, Anthony, Private, 6349, 9th Battalion / 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 8 February 1916, Returned To Australia, 7 July 1919. | |
| HATFIELD, E. | HATFIELD, Ernest Hugh, Sergeant, 1663, 47th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 31 March 1919. |  |
| HENSLEY, V. | HENSLEY, Vivian, Lieutenant, 3060, 26th Battalion, enlisted 25 August 1915, Returned to Australia 24 July 1919. | |
| HIRST, W. | HIRST, William (M.M.), Corporal, 3762, 15th Battalion / 11th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 18 August 1915, Returned to Australia 20 November 1918. |  |
| HOKINS, A. | HOKINS, Arthur, Private, 2180, 47th Battalion / 46th Battalion, enlisted 13 March 1916, Returned to Australia 16 March 1919. | |
| HOWELL, H. | HOWELL, Horatio, Private, 2450, 47th Battalion / 48th Battalion, enlisted 21 March 1916, Returned to Australia 12 May 1919. |  |
| HOWELL, T. | HOWELL, Thomas Samuel (M.M.), Sergeant, 674, 13th Light Horse Regiment / 1st Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 8 January 1915, Returned to Australia 8 January 1919. |  |
| HOWELLS, T. | (Not positively identified) | |
| HOWELLS, O.H. | HOWELLS, Oliver Henry, Private, 2186, 47th Battalion / 48th Battalion, enlisted 20 March 1916, Returned to Australia 19 July 1919. | |
| JACKLIN, A. | JACKLIN, Abraham, Lance Corporal, 1286, 42nd Battalion / 15th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 12 May 1919, died 18 February 1962, aged 71 years, buried Mackay Cemetery. | |
| KEEN, N.G. | KEEN, Noel Cooper, Private, 2460, 47th Battalion / 48th Battalion, enlisted 28 February 1916, Returned to Australia 2 June 1919. |  |
| KENNEDY, I. | KENNEDY, Israel, Private, 1607, 2nd Light Horse Regiment / 1st Machine Gun Squadron, enlisted 24 July 1915, Returned to Australia 12 November 1917. |
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Eton Memorial 2006, South Western Aspect (Glen Hall Collection) |
South Western Side
| recorded as | Identified as | |
| LAWLER, W. | LAWLER, William, Private, 2803, 41st Battalion / 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 29 May 1916, Returned to Australia 27 May 1919. | |
| LAWS, E. | LAWS, Ernest, Driver, 3358, 31st Battalion, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919. | |
| LOWTHER, E. | LOWTHER, Eric Charles, Private, 6121, 9th Battalion, enlisted 8 February 1916, Returned To Australia, 12 June 1919. | |
| MACLEAN, M. | MACLEAN, Malcolm Bruce, Driver, 2653, 2nd Light Horse Regiment / 1st Signal Squadron, enlisted 31 January 1916, Returned to Australia ?. |  |
| MARTIN, T. | (Not positively identified) | |
| MATSEN, P. | MATSEN, Charles Percival, Private, 6276, 9th Battalion, enlisted 8 April 1916, Returned to Australia 12 April 1919. | |
| MORGAN, E. | MORGAN, Eric (Not positively identified) | |
| MOWBRAY, D. | MOWBRAY, David, Private, 3855, 31st Battalion, enlisted 20 March 1916, Returned to Australia 10 June 1919. | |
| McDONALD, H. | (Not positively identified) | |
| McDONALD, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| McEWEN, A.E. | McEWAN, Alfred Ernest, Private, 2215, 37th Battalion / 49th Battalion, enlisted 27 March 1916, Returned to Australia 19 June 1919. |  |
| McFARLANE, P. | McFARLANE, Peter, Lance Corporal, 1871, 41st Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 20 May 1919. | |
| McPHEE, M. | (Not positively identified) | |
| PEAT, H. | (Not positively identified) | |
| PEELE, W.W. | PEELE, Wesley William (M.M.), Private, 1720, 47th Battalion / 15th Battalion, enlisted 14 February 1916, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919, died 18 October 1973, aged 83 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. | |
| PERRY, J. | PERRY, John Charles, Gunner, 329, Siege Artillery Brigade / 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade, enlisted 7 June 1915, Discharged 15 March 1919. | |
| PERRY, S. | PERRY, William Syebel, Private, 5897, 26th Battalion, enlisted 24 April 1916, returned to Australia? | |
| PETERSEN, G. | PETERSEN, Carl Gustave, Private, 378, Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 5 / 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 4 April 1916, Returned to Australia 8 April 1919. | |
| PORTER, I.L. | PORTER, Isaac (Not positively identified) | |
| RANDELL, J. | RANDELL, James Clarence, Sergeant, 3876, 31st Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1916, Returned to Australia 5 July 1919. |  |
| RENTON, R. | RENTON, Robert, Private, 458, Machine Gun Company 7 / 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1916, Returned to Australia 15 January 1919. | |
| RICHARDSON, D. | RICHARDSON, David, Private, 6087, 9th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 10 September 1917. | |
| ROBERTSON, G. | RICHARDSON, George (Not positively identified) | |
| RYAN, E.J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| SHEPHERD, W. | SHEPHERD, William, Private, 5668, 26th Battalion, enlisted 5 May 1916, Returned to Australia 3 March 1919. | |
| SNEYD, N.L. | SNEYD, Norman Leslie, Private, 3487, 52nd Battalion, enlisted 16 October 1916, Returned To Australia, 24 January 1919. | |
| SNEYD, R. | SNEYD, Roy, Private, 50710, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 3 December 1917, Returned To Australia, 8 July 1919. | |
| STEELE, J. | STEELE, John, Private, 2242, 47th Battalion / Australian Corps Headquarters, enlisted 6 March 1916, Returned to Australia 25 September 1919. | |
| WASLEY, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| WHITEFORD, D. | WHITEFORD, Robert Daniel, Private, 2655, 42nd Battalion/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 30 September 1916, Returned to Australia 10 May 1919, died 5 September 1977, aged 84 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. |  |
