John George BRETT Update Details

BRETT, John George

Service Number: 3251
Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Enlisted at Mount Gambier, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 1896
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916
Cemetery: Serre Road Cemetery No.1
Plot 1X, Row A, Grave 28, Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3251, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mount Gambier, SA
27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3251, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3251, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 3251, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3251 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Elizabeth Brett of Mount Gambier, SA later of Coleraine, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the  cadets and the Citizaen Military Forces