Joseph Victor PESTELL

Regimental number1303
Place of birthSteve Kings Plain, Wyrallah, Richmond River, New South Wales
SchoolLucki Lucki Public School and Boys High School, Sydney, New South Wales
Other trainingServed in the Cadet Corps and St George's Rifles Corps, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressWyrallah, Richmond River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs R Pestell, Wyrallah, Richmond River, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Embarked on Transport Seang Bee, February 1915 at Sydney. Went into action on Gallipoli 9th May. Severely wounded Lone Pine. Recovered. Left with troops for France on 22nd March 1916. Promoted on the field to 2nd Lieutenant at Pozieres, and killed in action on 30 August, 1916 at Ypres." Details from Robert Pestell, father
FateKilled in Action 30 August 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death20.10
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, (Plot VI, Row L, Grave 17), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Tucki Tucki Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: Robert (d. 10 January 1901; bu. Tucki Tucki) and Marian Anne (d. 25 March 1934, aged 62; bu. Tucki Tucki) Pestell, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother:4550 Driver Cecil Robert PESTELL, Australian Mounted Division Train, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919.