Private John Murray Eadie
| Date of Birth | c1895 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 20 |
| Date of Death | 15/09/1915 |
| Service Number | G17 |
| Military Service | Duke 0f Cambridge’s Middlesex Regiment 11thBn |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial |
Additional Information
John Murray Eadie was the eldest son of Jeannie Sterling Murray and Thomas Templeton Eadie. Both Jeannie and Thomas who were both from Scotland originally had met and travelled to New Zealand in 1893. John was born in Auckland in September1895.
Very little information is available about John’s early life in New Zealand or when he arrived in England to stay with his Uncle George and his wife Janet in Birmingham.
According to the 1911 Census, fifteen-year-old John was living with his Uncle George Watt Eadie and his wife Janet at Harbone in Birmingham where he was employed by his Uncle’s as a wholesale stationer. The Eadie family ware all employed in the Commercial Printing and stationery trade according to the 1881 census.
His father, Thomas Templeton Eadie lived at 32 Home Park Road, Wimbledon in 1912 according to the electoral register.
John enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment as private on the 11th of August 1914 for 3 years. John’s army service record although poor quality, reveals that he had brown eyes, black hair and a sallow complexion. John was over 5 foot tall. 0n the 20th of February 1915, he was awarded 30 days of being confined to barracks for a misdemeanor on sick parade. John was killed in action on the 15th 0ctober 1915 and was buried at the Loos Memorial at Dud Corner Cemetery near Calais in France.