TROOPER WILLIAM WILLIAMSON EUSTACE

The monument at the gate to Yokohama Foreigners Cemetary contains the name of Trooper William Williamson Eustace.

The monument takes the form of two large brass plaques on a plinth. Opened in 1922 by the Prince of Wales as a memorial gate but destroyed in the massive Kanto earthquake soon after. The plaques were salvaged and made into the present memorial.

Trpr Eustace's entry is:
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON EUSTACE TROOPER 10TH AUST. LIGHT HORSE
DOW 7-8-15 GALLIPOLI

The 10th Light Horse is perhaps the most famous military unit in Australia.

The day before he died of wounds was the charge at "the Nek'. A horrific military blunder you may be familiar with from the Mel Gibson movie 'Gallipoli'. He was probably wounded there and died the next day.

The Australian War Memorial has some documents on Trooper Eustace:
Born Buckinghamshire Eng., Lived Nannup (timber area), District: Perth, Western Australia, Farmer. School (illegible) Grammar Sch. Croydon, Captain School Football and Cricket teams, Lincoln Agricultural College Canterbury-New Zealand. Diploma of Agriculture. Military training prior to Australian Army- School Sgt OTC, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Represented N.Z. at Coronation, rec'd coronation medal. Parents Fred Owen Eustace and Harriet Rebecca Eustace 19 Woodstock Rd Croydon. Sent in 4th reinforcements to Rgt. Buried Lone Pine.

Acknowledgement:
David Medlen, a librarian at the University of Western Australia provided this information after doing some historical research in Yokohama, Japan. and came across a memorial to soldiers who served in allied forces in the Great War. This may seem unusual but Japan was on the allied side in that war and Yokohama had a large European settlement.

The local historical society in Yokohama has done a wonderful job in restoring the foreigners cemetary and the monument to Trpr Eustace is kept in wonderful condition.