Donald Alexander Eatts

Donald Alexander Eatts

Personal Information
Date of Birth	18 Feb 1912
Place of Birth	Roleystone, Western Australia
Death	29 Nov 1979, aged 67
Place of Death	Gosnells, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	30 years, 3 months
Occupation	Machine Driller
Religion	Congregational
Address	Roleystone, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Wife , Mrs Frances May Eatts
Military Information
Reg Number	W74690
Date of Enlistment	28 Jun 1942
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	2nd (Fremantle) VDC Battalion
Post War Details
Fate	Remained in Australia

Pre War

On 1 Dec 1939 Donald married Frances May Kingsbury (1915 - 1997). Frances died on 15 Dec 1997 aged 82 in Pinjarra.

Electoral Roll entries: 1936 - 1937 at Railway avenue, Kelmscott; 1943 at Roleystone, axeman.

War Service

Original enlistment in the Volunteer Defence Corps occurred on 18 Jul 1942 in Port Hedland where Don was allocated to the 11th (North West) VDC Battalion. On 13 Nov 1942 Don was transferred to the 2nd (Fremantle) VDC Battalion from which he was discharged on 18 Dec 1944 at his own request.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries: 1949 - 1977 at 74 Evelyn street, Gosnells, haulage contractor.

Notes

Some military records have dropped the letter s from the surname. Various records use one of three spellings, Eatts, Eatt, and Eat. Appears to be the brother of Gordon James Eatts, and legal name is most probably Eatts.

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