EARL, Belford Wellington
| Service Number: | 3538 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Collarenebri, Walgett, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot IV, Row B, Grave 15, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3538, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3538, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3538, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3538, 55th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to foot | |
| 9 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Shell wounds to face, buttock & left arm & gun shot wound to bladder | |
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3538, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3538 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Belford EARL was born in 1893 in Narrabri, NSW as Belford Wellington SWEETMAN
His parents were Edward EARL and Bertha Sophia SWEETMAN
He enlisted as a Private at Warwick Farm NSW to serve in WW1 and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Euripides on the 2nd November, 1915 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, 11th reinforcements
He was transferred to the 55th Infantry Battalion on 13th February, 1916 as part of the 'doubling up' of the AIF & sent to France for service on the Western Front several weeks later.
Belford was wounded on 20th July, 1916 with a gun shot wound to his foot and again on 9th May, 1917 at the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, when he was admitted to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station & then transferred to the ambulance train with shell & gun shot wounds - he was then admitted to the 13th General Hospital in Boulogne in France & died from his wounds on 11th May, 1917
He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Plot IV, Row B, Grave 15
Inscription reads:
'IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. EARL OF MOONGULLA, AGED 24 YEARS"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Narrabri, NSW - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
LEST WE FORGET
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