BELPITT, Thomas Herbert
| Service Number: | 2330 |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2330, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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