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Surname: Eames
First Name: Dr. William L Estrange
Ship: -
Date: 6 October 1887
Place: Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: Gave evidence at the inquest on the body of a child named William John Preston who had drowned in a tub
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Surname: Eames
First Name: Dr. William LeEstrange
Ship: -
Date: -
Place: Newcastle
Source: State Library NSW. Volume 2: Letters written on active service, M-W, 1914-1919 - Page 463
Details: Dr William L Estrange Eames (1863-1956), medical practitioner and soldier, lived in Newcastle NSW, where he was in general practice with Dr J L Beeston. He served in the South African War. He was visiting England in 1914 when war broke out, and was appointed to command the Australian Voluntary Hospital at Nazaire, France, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel
207671
Surname: Eames
First Name: Dr. William LeEstrange
Ship: -
Date: 1898
Place: Dudley
Source: Newcastle Morning Herald 16 January 1917
Details: Dr. Eames present at the pit top after the Dudley Pit Explosion disaster when fifteen men were killed in 1898
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Surname: Eames
First Name: Dr. William LeEstrange
Ship: -
Date: 11 December 1916
Place: Stockton
Source: NMH
Details: Stockton Pit Disaster 1896 - The fine work of the medical men - Drs. Harris, Eames, Nickson and Beeston - was no doubt responsible for the saving of several lives by the timely and assiduous service rendered in the pit and at the pit top. Their hands were full all the time....
207673
Surname: Eames
First Name: Dr. William LeEstrange
Ship: -
Date: 29 August 1914
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Morning Herald
Details: The Australian Volunteer Hospital Corps left for the front today. Col. LeEstrange Eames is in command and associated with him are Col. G. Hoare, Major Robert Dick, and Captains R. Reynell, Studdy, McDonnell, H. Harris, S. Patterson, Mark Gardiner and R. Wallace. The medical consultants are Drs. Hamilton, Russell, Douglas, Shields, and Thring. Lady Dudley is the superintendent of 18 nurses, 16 being Australians. There are 80 non-commissioned officers and men, including 25 medical students. Dr. William LeEstrange Eames, C.B. M.D., Ch.B., B. A. was born in Poona India in the year 1863, and at six years of age went with his parents to Dublin. He was educated at Oswestry Grammar School, Wales, and subsequently studied at Cains College, Cambridge. He then entered Trinity College Dublin, where he succeeded in gaining the degree of B.A., M.B., and R.Ch. Later he secured the degree of L.M. Rotunda Hospital Dublin. Dr. Eames arrived in Australia in 1887 and shortly afterwards commenced practice in Newcastle. He first became connected with the military forces in 1891 when he was gazetted as captain in the Army Medical Corps and was attached to the 4th Infantry Regiment. Dr. Eames left for active service in South Africa on January 17 1900 as second in command to Col. Vandeleur Kelly. On the day of his departure for the front he was promoted to the rank of major in the Army Medical Corps. Dr. Eames was present at a number of important engagements and served under General Gatacre, General Sir Leslie Rundle, General Hutton and General French. The efficiency of his detachment of A. M.C. won general admiration