Thomas Herbert BELPITT

BELPITT , Thomas Herbert

Service Number: 2330
Enlisted: 5 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 26 June 1891
Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling: State School & Normal School, Brisbane
Occupation: Locomotive Engine Driver
Died: Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2330, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
24 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Thomas Herbert BELPITT was born at Cunnamulla, Queensland on 26th June, 1891

His parents were Thomas Herbert BELPITT & Sarah Ann HALL

"...2330 Private Thomas Herbert Belpitt, labourer, of Cunnamulla, Queensland. He enlisted in the 26th Battalion on 5 July 1915 and sailed from Brisbane on the Warilda on 5 October 1915 for Alexandria, Egypt. On 1 March 1916 he was transferred to the 12th Battalion which sailed for Marseilles on 29 March 1916 en route to the Western Front. Pte Belpitt was wounded in action near Pozieres on 24 July 1916 and died two days later in No 1 Australian Field Ambulance, near Albert, France, aged 24 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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