JELLETT, Harold Leslie
| Service Number: | 3370 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Parkside and Kensington Public Schools |
| Occupation: | Farm Labouer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, 25 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bordertown Men who Enlisted from Mundalla Roll of Honor, Mundulla Soldiers Memorial Honour Roll, Mundulla War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3370, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Wounded Battle for Pozières , Shrapnel Wound Left Leg | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Attack on Noreuil | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Gun Shot Wound Leg | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 50th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded Polygon Wood, Shrapnel Wound Arm | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3370, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3370 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 |
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3370 Private (Pte) Harold Leslie Jellett, 50th Battalion ex 10th Battalion. A farm labourer from Bordertown (/explore/places/34), South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 27 October 1915 aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) for Egypt. On 29 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. During the following 14 months he was wounded in action on three separate occasions (1st = Mouquet Farm 14/08/16 (/explore/campaigns/5); 2nd = Noreuil 02/04/17 (/explore/campaigns/21) and 3rd = Polygon Wood 26/09/17 (/explore/campaigns/19)) and each time was evacuated to England for treatment, recuperation and furlough. Pte Jellett was killed in action in the counter-attack to retake Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 28 years.
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