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Brendan CALCUTT

Regimental number2124
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
SchoolMelbourne Grammar School, Victoria
Other trainingLongerenong Agricultural College
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTimekeeper Victorian Railways
AddressWilliamstown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 8.75"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date7 April 1915
Place of enlistmentEchuca, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateDied of disease while a Prisoner of War 18 December 1916
Place of death or woundingBattle of Sairi Bair
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBaghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row U, Grave No. 2), Iraq
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
71
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Lucinda CALCUTT, 12 Victoria Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Charles and Robert served in the Boer War; Gerald, 7th LH and Clare, 8th LH served at Gallipoli
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 1 August 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.

Reported prisoner of war, Constantinople, 26 August 1915.

Interned at Bazanti, nr Taurus, Turkey, 21 February 1916.

Died of septicaemia, Belemedek, 18 December 1916.

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

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