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DEARMAN, Andrew James
| Service Number: | 3086 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1915, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Castambul, South Australia, Australia, 18 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mile End, South Australia, Australia, 19 January 1978, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3086, Adelaide | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement 3086, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked 3086, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3086, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Shrapnel wounds - left shoulder and left thigh (severe) | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3086, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 3086, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3086, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Andrew James Dearman
Andrew James Dearman was born at Castambul, near Forest Range on the 19th October 1895. At the age of 19 he enlisted in Adelaide on the 6th August 1915, with his next of kin, Mrs Eliza Collins of Basket Range giving consent, “ for my son Andrew James Dearman to enlist for active service”. {NAA B2455, 3086.} After a short period of service in Alexandria, Egypt, Dearman fought in France being promoted to Lance Corporal then Corporal.
Dearman was wounded in action in France on the 6th November 1916 receiving gunshot wounds to his leg and left shoulder, which necessitated extensive hospitalisation in England until May 1917. As a result he was sent home to Australia, arriving in Adelaide on the 21st September 1917.
Dearman was discharged due to being medically unfit on the 23rd October 1917. He and his wife Florence Dearman were granted a pension on the 15th April 1918.
Andrew James Dearman died on the 19th January 1978.
Submitted 7 October 2023 by christopher collins
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