Bazil Hope COLEFAX

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Service Number:	3714
Enlisted:	14 August 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Yeronga, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Pozieres, France, 9 August 1916
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row B, Grave 7
Tree Plaque:	Yeronga Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 2, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah War Memorial, Yeronga War Memorial

14 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3714, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3714, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3714, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3714, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3714 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-09

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Bazil Hope COLEFAX was born in Maclean, NSW in 1892

His parents were James COLEFAX & Elizabeth Baynton FRAPE

He married Vera Ivy RUSH in Queensland on 6th November, 1915

Bazil died of wounds in Pozieres in France on 9th August, 1916

"He gave his best, his life, his all"

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His brother in law Ollie Carl RUSH (SN 3834) also died during WW1 on 6th August, 1916