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Harold Mowat BELSTEAD

Regimental number222
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
SchoolMount Hawthorn State School, Western Australia
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLetter-carrier
Addressc/- Mrs Belstead, Kalgoorlie Street, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, George Richard Belstead, Kalgoorlie Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date8 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 April 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Mowat spelt Mowatt
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Date of death25 April 1917
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Parents: George Richard and Agnes BELSTEAD, Carlisle, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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