Joseph BELSON

BELSON, Joseph

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
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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

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

6460 Pte. Joseph Belson - returned to Australia;

7044 Pte. Albert Francis Belson (/explore/people/325415) - returned to Australia;

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

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