Frank Herbert PELLAS

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Service Number:	4263
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Harcourt, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Harcourt State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, near Zonnebeke, Belgium, 1 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harcourt A.N.A. Honour Roll, Harcourt Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honour, Harcourt War Memorial

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4263, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4263, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4263, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
31 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4263, 46th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
1 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion, France
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4263, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
11 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4263, 46th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
25 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 46th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
1 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4263, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Brothers:

719 Pte Percival PELLAS, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 January 1916;

6065 Pte Ivan Otto Theodore PELLAS, 37th Bn, killed in action, 12 August 1918.

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Frank Herbert Pellas is also remembered on the Harcourt Methodist Church Honour Roll, Harcourt School Honour Roll and the Harcourt War Memorial, Vic.