SELLARS, Harry Lloyd
| Service Numbers: | 1607, 2903 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1607, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2903, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2903, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2903, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2903, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2903 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harry Sellars was from St.Kilda, Victoria and originally enlisted in Melbourne during February 1915 with the 22nd Battalion. He left Melbourne on 28 June 1915 and deserted the ship in Fremantle soon after. As the ship had left him behind he was reallocated to the 11th Battalion reinforcements, a West Australian unit, and was was sent overseas again on 5 October 1915.
He was transferred to the 51st Battalion during the doubling of the AIF in Egypt during 1916. The 51st Battalion made a full on assault of the Mouquet Farm position on 3 September 1916. Harry was one of the many who were listed as missing. In his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file a soldier stated he was in the same trench as Sellars at Mouquet farm, along with about 15 others. Due to the heavy bombardment the witness believes he was the only man to escape alive from the trench.
Harry had two brothers who also enlisted during WW1, Harold and Bertram, both of whom were invalided home to Australia with severe wounds during 1918.