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EARLS, Joseph James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3804 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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