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MEWBURN, Earl Roland
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2693 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rugby, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rugby, Boorowa, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boorowa War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rye Park Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2693, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2693, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and the son of Margaret Mewburn, of Boorowa, New South Wales, and the late John Mewburn.
His brother also fell and is commemorated on the same Menin Gate panel.
He was Private Albert George Ernest Mewburn-Service Number 2013A-Died 05/11/1917-Aged 23-17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.