EARP, George Howard
| Service Number: | 594 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, New Zealand, 29 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Glenrowan, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Architectural draughtsman |
| Died: | Wangaratta, Victoria Australia , 27 November 1951, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Winton Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 594, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 594, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
| 2 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Pioneer Battalion |
G.H. Earp
594/Lieut G.H. Earp enlisted as a Private 17 Aug 1914 in Melbourne aged 23. Place of birth Maryborough, New Zealand. Departed Aust as part of 5th Bn AIF on HMAT A3 on 21.10.14. Landed on ANZAC on day one, 25.4.15. Admitted to No2 Field Ambulance, ANZAC 5.7.15 (Sick), transferred to a Fleetsweeper 5.7.15 and taken to Hospital on Mudros Island. Transferred to Egypt on HMT 'Southland'. Leave Egypt for return to Gallipoli 26.10.15 on HMT Canada. Rejoined 5Bn 1.11.15 on Gallipoli. Evacuated. Depart Alexandria for France on HMT 'Ballarat' 26.3.16. Promoted 2/Lieut 11.4.16. Transferred to 1st Pioneer Bn AIF in France 14.4.16. Remained serving in France and the UK until departing for home in 1919 on 'Kashmir' as ship's subaltern. A copy of a letter exists in Lt Earp's service file which he wrote to the Red Cross in 1915 in which he asks the Red Cross to notify the families of two of his mates, who were shot at the landing as they lay on the beach beside him at approx 4.30PM, as to the circumstances of their deaths. They were 580 Pte/L.cpl H. Hodgman 5Bn (Mortlake, Vic) and 610 Pte R.C. Brownell 5Bn(New Town, Hobart, Tas. George Earp lived the majority of his post war life at Glenrowan, Victoria. He died on 27.11.1951 and is buried at Wangaratta.
Submitted 28 July 2017 by Garry Heafield
Biography contributed by Garry Heafield
594/Lieut G.H. Earp enlisted as a Private 17 Aug 1914 in Melbourne aged 23. Place of birth Maryborough, New Zealand. Departed Aust as part of 5th Bn AIF on HMAT A3 on 21.10.14. Landed on ANZAC on day one, 25.4.15. Admitted to No2 Field Ambulance, ANZAC 5.7.15 (Sick), transferred to a Fleetsweeper 5.7.15 and taken to Hospital on Mudros Island. Transferred to Egypt on HMT 'Southland'. Leave Egypt for return to Gallipoli 26.10.15 on HMT Canada. Rejoined 5Bn 1.11.15 on Gallipoli. Evacuated. Depart Alexandria for France on HMT 'Ballarat' 26.3.16. Promoted 2/Lieut 11.4.16. Transferred to 1st Pioneer Bn AIF in France 14.4.16.
Remained serving in France and the UK until departing for home in 1919 on 'Kashmir' as ship's subaltern.
A copy of a letter exists in Lt Earp's service file which he wrote to the Red Cross in 1915 in which he asks the Red Cross to notify the families of two of his mates, who were shot at the landing as they lay on the beach beside him at approx 4.30PM, as to the circumstances of their deaths. They were 580 Pte/L.cpl H. Hodgman 5Bn (Mortlake, Vic) and 610 Pte R.C. Brownell 5Bn(New Town, Hobart, Tas.
George Earp lived the majority of his post war life at Glenrowan, Victoria. He died on 27.11.1951 and is buried at Wangaratta.
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