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Herbert Lionel MELLOWSHIP

Regimental number5381
Place of birthMaylands, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationPoliceman
AddressPort Adelaide Police Station, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27.7
Height5' 10"
Weight195 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Florence Mellowship, Craggielee, Springton, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 June 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1620 Driver Alexander Reginald MELLOWSHIP, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 3 May 1917 (multiple gun shot wounds).

Died of wounds, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 5 May 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MELLOWSHIP Herbert Lionel

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