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James Cuthbert BELLAM

Regimental number6467
Place of birthWyuna, Victoria
SchoolLeeton Public School, NSW
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenters apprentice
Address429 Holding, Leeton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, R C Bellam, Leeton, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion; secondary cemetary unit: 2nd Batalion
FateDied of wounds 28 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death28 June 1918
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer), Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 8), France\
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Chambers and Isabella BELLAM, Leeton, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsBURIED LONGUENESSI

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