Joseph BELSON

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Service Number:	6460
Enlisted:	6 May 1916, Cairns, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1895
Home Town:	Malanda, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Lismore Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes, Atherton, Queensland, Australia, 23 March 1970, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Atherton Rockley Road Cemetery Row K, Plot 8
Memorials:

6 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6460, Cairns, Queensland
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6460, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6460, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
6 May 1917:	Wounded Private, 6460, 9th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW Leg severe
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters
2 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Cessation of hostilities

12 Sep 1942:	Enlisted

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The three enlisted sons of Charles Arthur and Mary Belson of Malanda, Queensland:-

6460 Pte. Joseph Belson - returned to Australia;

218 Pte. William Charles Belson (/explore/people/175127) - Killed in Action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 25 April 1915 (no known grave).