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EARL, Edward William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3597 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Adelaide, SA (prev rejected in Melbourne, Vic.). |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Darriwill, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bannockburn, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Darriwill State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness (Paralysis), France, 28 July 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery Plot II, Row O, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bannockburn Moorabool Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Bannockburn War Memorial, Batesford Moorabool Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Maude, Sutherland's Creek & She Oaks State Schools Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 3597, Mining Corps, Adelaide, SA (prev rejected in Melbourne, Vic.). | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, SN 3597, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, SN 3597, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1 | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, SN 3597, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, SN 3597, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), France | |
| 25 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 3597, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Battle of Messines, Trapped under Hill 60 for 40 hours after Germans exploded a mine. Developed acute ascending paralysis several weeks later (delayed trauma) and died from asphyxia at 32nd Stationary Hospital, Wimereux on 28 July 1917. | |
| 28 Jul 1917: | Involvement Sapper, SN 3597 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Parents: Joseph (d. 8 December 1946, aged 86; bu. Bannockburn Cemetery) and Elizabeth (d. 1 September 1946, aged 81; bu. Bannockburn Cemetery) EARL, Bannockburn, Victoria
Brother: 2404 Lance Sergeant Stewart Leigh EARL MM, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.
Source: aif.adfa.edu.au