Jack Frederick BASSETT

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BASSETT, Jack Frederick

Service Number:	2333
Enlisted:	28 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Sebastian, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Sebastian State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Packer and Farmer
Died:	Pneumonia, 24th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, Greece, 12 December 1915
Cemetery:	East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 111, Row E, Grave 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2333, Enlisted at Melbourne
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2333, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2333, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2333, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel Bassett and Margaret Bassett nee Adams of Sebastian, Victoria. Brother of Dorothy Watson Bassett as above

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by michelle borserio

PRIVATE F. BASSETT.
Mr. Bassett, of Sebastian, received a telegram from the Defence department on 18th Dec. notifying him of the death of his second eldest son; Private Fred Bassett "D'' Co., 5th Bati.. at the Dardanelles from pneumonia on 12th December. The deceased soldier was I8 years of age, and prior to enlisting followed the occupation of a farmer at Sebastian. Leaving Sebastian, he went to the metropolis, where he enlisted. He was well known and highly respected by the people of Sebastian. Mr. Bassett's third son, Private N. Bassett. is now in Egypt. His fourth son, Constable H. E. Bassett, of the Bendigo police, offered his services, and was rejected.

Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918)Wednesday 22 December 1915

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