EARL, Robert James
Service Numbers: | SX21398, S19722 |
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Enlisted: | 24 June 1942, Fort Largs, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Maylands, SA, 12 September 1919 |
Home Town: | College Park, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Norwood School |
Occupation: | Leather Worker, Swaine & Co. |
Died: | Natural Causes, 1 November 2003, aged 84 years, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
O'Halloran Hill Christ Church Anglican Cemetery |
Memorials: | Morphett Vale Eternal Flame Memorial Garden and Walkway |
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mrs. M EARL and the late James EARL, of Stepney. Educated at Norwood School, Robert was good at all outdoor sport, principally cricket and baseball. He was a member of the Adelaide B Baseball Team. Residing at 23 Baliol Street, College Park, Robert was a leaterh worker in civilian life for Swaine & Co., North Terrace Adealide for 7 years, and left this work to join the AIF in April 1941. He was a member of the St. Bartholomew Boy Scoutes and joined the 27th Militia Scottish Regiment and served for 3 years.