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Jack SELLS

Regimental number2777
Place of birthBallarat East, Victoria
SchoolState School, Brown Hill, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDentist
Address38 Walker Street, North Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Sells, 38 Walker Street, North Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName in full on RoH: John Bray SELLS.
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 20), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eliza SELLS
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3637 Pte William Woodman SELLS, 58th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919.
Other details

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

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