Basil Aubrey YELL

YELL, Basil Aubrey

Service Number: 3665
Enlisted: 31 December 1917
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: London, England, United Kingdom, December 1891
Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Jackaroo
Died: War related, Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park), Melbourne, 25 January 1936
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3665, 41st Infantry Battalion
2 Mar 1918: Involvement Private, 3665, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Mar 1918: Embarked Private, 3665, 41st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney
23 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3665, 41st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From How We Served

The final resting place of;- 3665 Private Basil Aubrey Yell who had immigrated out to Australia from Worcestershire, England prior to the outbreak of War had been engaged as a jackaroo when he enlisted for service at Charters Towers, Queensland on the 17th of December 1917.

Basil was allocated to reinforcements for the 41st Battalion 1st AIF and embarked from Australia for Egypt and further training on the 2nd of March 1918. After a short stay in hospital for gastro Basil was embarked for England, arriving on the 15th of May and was sent accross to France where he was disembarked on the 10th of August. Basil was sent to the trenches and was taken on strength with his Battalion on the 13th of August and was to remain on duty in Northern France until after the War's end.

By the 18th of May 1919 Basil had returned to England and following another short period being hospitalised for illnes, he was embarkedon the 18th of September for his repatriation back to Australia. Following his return to Australia Basil was officially discharged from the 1st AIF on the 23rd of Novemeber 1919 and was reentered into civilian life where he found work as a clerk.

Basil's health had a rapid decline and by the 30th of July 1921 he had been admitted into the 16th Australian General Hospital's Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park) where he was cited as suffering delusional insanity due to War Service. Basil would never leave Mont Park, and he died whilst still in residence on the 25th of January 1936. Following his passing Basil was interred within Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria.

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