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Name: Norman Henry Jellett
Service Number: as Private in the Canadian Army/ Canadian Mounted Rifles 401535 ; 4911055 as Lance Corporal; SX 4115 in the 2nd A.I.F
Place of Birth: Adelaide
Date of Birth: 5 May 1892 was the date given to the Canadian Army, 4 May 1901 was the date given to the AIF on his WW2 Attestation Paper.
Place of Enlistment: Ontario, Canada
Date of Enlistment: not available
Age at Enlistment: 23 for Canadian Army
Marital status: Single
Next of Kin: Father – Victor Jellett
Occupation: Dairyman
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private/ Lance Corporal: Canadian Mounted Rifles.

Biographical details:
Norman Henry Jellett was the youngest of two sons of John Henry Jellett and Martha Reuben. He travelled to Canada, where he enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force at Windsor, Ontario, on 28 August 1915. Private Jellett sailed with the 33rd Infantry Regiment on 13 March 1916 and arrived in England on 26 March. He transferred to the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles on 7 May. While fighting with his unit in France, Norman sustained a gunshot wound to the right wrist at Ypres on 2 June. He received treatment at Boulogne, France, on 3 June and was then sent to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bear Wood, Wopingham on 26 June, and later the 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England on 6 July, being discharged and fit for service on 14 July.
Serving with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Norman spent a further 10 weeks in France from 4 October 1916 to 9 February 1917.On 29 December 1918 he was appointed Lance Corporal, with the allocated service number of 491105. Norman arrived in England on 13 February as part of the process of demobilisation. He was posted to Dispatch Station 1 on 7 March and arrived at Halifax in Nova Scotia on 16 March and was discharged due to demobilisation on 20 March 1919, aged 26. Norman proposed living in Vancouver BC after being discharged, according to his Canadian service record. However, that was a short-lived plan as he returned to South Australia and took up soldier-settler block number 687 in Monash in 1921.
Norman’s brother Harold served with the 50th Battalion and was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918(1).
Fruit Block Details:
Norman occupied Block 687 of 12.25 acres at 210 Soderberg Road on 1 December 1921, but surrendered it on 21 October 1925. He grew a cotton crop at Monash in 1922. Norman complained to the Royal Commission on the Soldier -Settler Scheme about the poorly conducted planting of his block, and alleged that he was overcharged for the construction of his house(2).
Other Anecdotal Information:
Norman also served in World War Two, lowering his age by 7 years to facilitate enlisting. He enlisted in Adelaide aged 39, on 3 May 1940, listing his brother, Victor Louis Jellett of Berri as his next of kin and his occupation being a cook. On 5 November 1940 he embarked for the Middle East on board HMT Stratheden, where he served attached to the 4th reinforcements 2 / 10th Battalion. Norman was discharged at Wayville on compassionate grounds on 27 March 1943. He died on 22 September 1982(3).
References:
1. Canadian Army World War One Service Record 401535; Jellett N H.
2. Barmera Berri Council, Berri Barmera & Districts Local History Collection.
3. National Australian Archives; B883; SX4115; Jellett N.H: Barcode 6657133.