Russell Henry BALSDON

BALSDON, Russell Henry

    Service Number: 2276
    Enlisted: 13 September 1915, West Maitland, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Blyth, England, 1894
    Home Town: Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1916
    Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
    VII A 154, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2276, 30th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland, NSW
    11 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 2276, 30th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
    11 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 2276, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Mrs Margaret Ellin Balsdon, Seventh Street, Weston, New South Wales

    DEATH OF A WAR MOTHER
    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.
    Mrs. Balsdon, the widowed mother of four sons who enlisted, has just died. Of these sons, one died of wounds, a second died of wounds whilst prisoner of war in Germany, and a third is permanently invalided, and will soon return to Australia. A fourth enlisted  in England at the inception of hostilities, and has come through up to the present without mishap.

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