Harry BELLESINI

BELLESINI, Harry

    Service Number: 562
    Enlisted: 18 February 1915, Enlisted at Eaglehawk, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Marist Brothers' College, Bendigo, Australia
    Occupation: Salesman
    Died: Died of wounds - shell wounds to the chest, head and wrist, At sea on board HSNZ Maheno, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 September 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Bendigo Myers Employees Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 562, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Eaglehawk, Victoria
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 562, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 562, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    18 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 562, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Multiple SW to head, chest and wrist. Evacuated to CCS however died same day aboard HSNZ Maheno. Buried at sea.

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Harry BELLESINI was born in Eaglehawk, Victoria in 1893

    His parents were Andrew BELLESINI & Esther PARSLOW

    His brother Joseph Bellesini (SN 2699)  died of wounds on 13 March 1917 while serving with the 7th Battalion and another brother Andrew Bellesini (SN 2563) who returned to Australia in 1919

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

     

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