Joseph James EARLS

EARLS, Joseph James

Service Number: 3804
Enlisted: 28 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Callington, South Australia, 16 April 1886
Home Town: Callington, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling: Public School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie
Row D, Grave 8, Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kanmantoo War Memorial, Monarto Pioneers Memorial Gates Roll of Honor, Nairne War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide
7 Feb 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 27th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Serapeum
4 Sep 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell wound to the right leg and evacuated to England on 5 September 1916
20 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line
2 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3804 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Michael Earls and Ellen (nee Critchley) Earls of Callington, SA; brother of John Earls who returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 having served with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion, William Earls, Michael James Earls, Alice May Earls, Francis Phillip Earls, Gregory Leo Earls and Irene Mary Earls

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal