BELLETTE, Ernest Aylmer
| Service Number: | 18 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Sorrell, Tas., 1872 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | May 1939, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 18, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
MR. E. A. BELLETTE
Sorell Farmer And Boer War Veteran
Mr. Ernest Aylmer. Bellette, of Geilstone Park, Lindisfarne, whose death occurred recently, was the last surviving member of the family of nine children of the late Mr. Frederick Bellette, of Sorell, whose father was one of the free settlers in that district at the beginning of the 19th century (writes our travelling correspondent). Born in Sorell In 1872, Mr. Ernest Bellette followed farming operations until his enrolment as one of the 129 members of the First Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen's contingent, which
left Hobart in the troopship Manhattan on April 26, 1900 for service in the Boer War, South Africa, under Major R. C. Lewis. The contingent rendered good service, and 62 members, including Farrier Bellette, returned to Melbourne in the Britannic, thence to Launceston in the Coogee, and by special train to Hobart, where they arrived on August I, 1901, and were accorded a civic welcome.
After his return from the Boer War Mr. Bellette engaged in mixed farming pursuits at Oak Farm, Cherry Tree Opening, near Sorell, and Bay View, a portion of the Penna Estate, Sorell, which had been subdivided. In April, 1937, he retired, and bought Gellstone
Park. He was a successful farmer. Mr. Bellette married Miss Elizabeth (Jean) Gregson, of Buckland, who survives him. Of their family of six, five are living-Mesdames C. Longman (Hobart),' C. Hilder (Dover) ,R Cornish (Buckland), Mr. Reginald Bellette, and Miss Una Bellette (both of Lindisfarne).