BELLCHAMBERS, Frederick Russell
| Service Number: | 703 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1916, 91st infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 23 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Moriarty, Latrobe, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Shellfire, Hindenberg Line, Bony, France, 29 September 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot II, Row D, Grave 11 Headstone Inscription :THOUGH YOU ARE FAR AWAY WE ALL LOVE YOU STILL DEAR FRED AT REST" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial, Moriarty Northdown State School Honour Board, Moriarty St George's Church New Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 703, 2nd Machine Gun Company, 91st infantry | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 703, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 703, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 10 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 703, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Sue GuinanTasmania – The Great War 1914-1918
Private Frederick Russell BELLCHAMBERS
Born 23rd April 1895 Port Frederick Tasmania to John Russell and Mary Anne Bellchambers (nee How) he embarked Sydney 9th May 1917 on board “HMAT Ulysses with the 2nd Machine Gun Company.
He was hit by a shell and died 29th September 1918 and was buried in the Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'huile, France.
Mr and Mrs J R Bellchambers of Moriarty have lost their son Frederick Russell Bellchambers the result of wounds received on September 29, 1918. The lad left for the front on October 9 1916 and after spending 12 months in England went into action as a gunner. He spent 8 months on the Somme celebrating his 23rd birthday there on April 23rd.
The Weekly Courier 14th November 1918
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Mary Ann BELLCHAMBERS, of Moriarty Road, Tasmania.
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