Regimental number | 816 |
Place of birth | Port Elliot, South Australia |
School | Beaconsfield State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Baker |
Address | 63 Bellevue Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, H F Hearle, 63 Bellevue Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Senior Cadets, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Wounded twice during Gallipoli campaign. Wounded in France - Killed by shell at Bullecourt. (details from father) |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Grevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 19), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."' Parents: Herbert and Elizabeth HEARLE, 63 Bellevue Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 444 Pte Ernest Alfred HEARLE, 11th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915; 7485 Pte Harry Joseph HEARLE, Australian Provost Corps, returned to Australia, 16 April 1920. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |