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Joseph Clement EARLS

Regimental number3803
Place of birthKanmantoo, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelegraph linesman
AddressCallington, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lilly Earls, Callington, South Australia
Enlistment date17 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 August 1916
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3804 Pte Edward Leo EARLS, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 6 May 1919; 4412 Pte Francis Phillip EARLS, 27th Bn, killed in action, 5 November 1916; 4412 Pte Francis Phillip EARLS, 27th Bn, killed in action, 5 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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