James EARL

EARL, James

    Service Number: 3086
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Geelong, Vic.
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Inverleigh, Golden Plains, Victoria
    Schooling: Inverleigh State School No. 1147, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: 28 August 1922, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Inverleigh & District Residents Roll of Honor, Inverleigh Independent Order of Rechabites Pictorial Honour Roll, Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Inverleigh State School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 24th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
    26 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3086, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    26 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3086, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
    24 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    10 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, France
    15 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Mouquet Farm
    15 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 2nd Machine Gun Company, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Lagnicourt
    12 Feb 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Company, France
    1 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France
    14 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3086, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
    19 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France
    9 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3086, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , The Battle of Amiens
    18 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3086, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , "The Last Hundred Days", Hindenburg Outpost Line
    29 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3086, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, SW to right shoulder sustained while attached to the 30th American Division at Bellicourt. Evacuated to UK, then to Australia.
    3 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3086, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , RTA 13 December 1918 and discharged as MU.

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