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SELLS, John Bray

Service Number:	2777
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dentist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 24th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2777, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2777, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Jack Sells.