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James BELLETT

Regimental number2479
Place of birthCamberwell, Victoria
SchoolDandenong State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, E Bellett, Power Street, Dandenong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 13th Light Horse Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on RoH circular as James Ernest BELLETT.
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, France
Date of death26 August 1916
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Rose BELLETT, Dandenong, Victoria. Native of Camberwell, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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