John Archibald (Jack) BELFRAGE

BELFRAGE, John Archibald

Service Number: Depot
Enlisted: 24 July 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Depot Battalion
Born: Westernport, Victoria, Australia , 1887
Home Town: Kernot, Bass Coast, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Brights disease, Geelong Military Camp, Victoria, 16 September 1915
Cemetery: Footscray Cemetery, Victoria
Grave Ref A 1 318
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World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Depot, Depot Battalion
16 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Depot Battalion , A Company (A Park)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John Archibald BELFRAGE was born in Westernport, Victoria in 1887

His parents were Andrew BELFRAGE & Rebecca TULLOCH who married on 18th May 1876 in Edinburgh, Scotland

He enlisted on 24th July, 1915 & served with the Depot Battalion in Geelong, Victoria

John died suddenly from Brights disease at the Geelong Military Camp on 16th September, 1915 and is buried in the Footscray Cemetery

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His brother William Tulloch BELFRAGE also served during WW1 (SN 1312) with the 9th Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia in 1917

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