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James MELLIS

Regimental number3727
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressNudgee College, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Bridget Ellen Mellis, Mudgee College, Sandgate Line, Queensland
Enlistment date8 September 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name52nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/69/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3727A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 7), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
149
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Harriett MELLIS; husband of Bridget MELLIS, Fifth Avenue, Sandgate
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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