Joseph James EARLS

EARLS, Joseph James

Service Number: 3804
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
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Biography 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