Ivan Otto Theodore PELLAS

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PELLAS, Ivan Otto Theodore

Service Number:	6065
Enlisted:	14 April 1916, Castlemaine, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Harcourt, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Harcourt School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Case maker
Died:	Killed in Action, Proyart, France, 12 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harcourt Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honour, Harcourt War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 7th Infantry Battalion, Castlemaine, Vic.
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 6065, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 6065, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, England
27 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 37th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW to back. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 5 August 1917.
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 37th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 37th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6065, 37th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Morlancourt
21 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion, France
12 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6065, 37th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
12 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6065, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6065 awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-12

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Brothers:

4263 Sergeant Herbert Frank PELLAS, 46th Bn, killed in action, 1 October 1917;

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

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Ivan Otto Theodore Pellas is also remembered on the Harcourt School Honour Roll, the Harcourt Methodist Church Honour Roll and the Harcourt War Memorial, Vic.

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