EATON, James Alexander
(Service number 6/3005)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Sapper |
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Birth
| Date | 17 November 1891 | Place of Birth | Woodbury, South Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 64 Abberley Road, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Storeman | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Thomas W. EATON (father), Hukunui, Wairarapa | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 7th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
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| Transport | Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 February 1963 | Age | 71 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Alexander Eaton was the son of Thomas Eaton and his second wife, Annie née Lonie. He was educated at Woodbury School, and then at Waltham and Woolston schools after the family moved to Christchurch in the early 1900s. James married Beatrice Shueller on 5 February 1919 at Auckland, and secondly Ethel Izona Mulford in 1939, after Beatrice's death in 1931. His brother Thomas William Eaton also served in World War I, and his half-brother, John Robert Eaton, enlisted.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 January 2020]; Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 January 2020]; School Admission records [14 January 2020]; Ruru Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [14 January 2020]
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