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EARL, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3086 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3086, 24th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic. | |
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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, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, 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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