EATON, Frank
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Rank:
Sapper
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14217573
Born:
Friday, March 24, 1916
Birthplace:
Runcorn
Died :
Thursday, March 23, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
Frank Eaton enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 1 July 1942 at Liverpool. He later served in 5 troop of No.5 Commando and was killed in action during operations at Maungdaw, Burma. Son of Frank and Florence Eaton; husband of Jane Winifred Eaton, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Royal Engineers Casualty Card.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.
[Image] Report on his death in the Winsford Chronicle 29 April 1944.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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