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Edmond Thomas EARP

Regimental number5010
Date of birth--/12/1885
Place of birthLimerick, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressNo 4 Remount Depot, Prospect, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 5.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinMrs M Earp, No 4 Remount Depot, Prospect, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 8 yearsd in the Royal Field Artillery, British Army; in Army Service Corps (Remount Section), Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date9 December 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade Train 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/100/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 27th Battalion
Promotion date: 10 January 1917

Lieutenant


Unit: 27th Battalion
Promotion date: 17 April 1917

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918).
Recommendation date: 3 March 1918

FateReturned to Australia 4 June 1919
Discharge date26 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 26 March 1916; rejoined 2nd Divisional Train, Abbeville, France, 11 April 1916.

On leave to United Kingdom, 13 May 1916; rejoined unit from leave, 21 May 1916.

Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, 10 January 1917, and transferred to 27th Bn on promotion to commissioned rank.

Promoted Lieutenant, 17 April 1917.

On leave to England, 30 May 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 30 May 1917.

On leave to Paris, 21 July 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 26 July 1917.

On leave to England (from Belgium), 19 December 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 7 January 1918.

On leave to Paris, 28 February 1918; rejoined unit, 10 March 1918.

On leave to England, 20 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 13 September 1918.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 18 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Bremen', 4 June 1919; discharged (appointment terminated), 26 September 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, EARP Edmond Thomas

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