Burt BELLINGER

BELLINGER, Burt

Service Number: 231
Enlisted: 24 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 6th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 June 1915
Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
Plot 11, Row A, Grave9, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

24 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales
21 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 231, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 231, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
18 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 231, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 231 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-18

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Biography

"Trooper P.J. Burt Bellinger was born in Murrurundi NSW. He was a 19 year old Labourer at time of enlistment. His next of kin was recorded as father, Michael Bellinger. He enlisted on 19th December 1914 at Liverpool NSW and embarked on the H.M.A.T. Suevic on the 21st December 1914. Trooper Bellinger died of wounds received in action at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on the 18th June 1915. he was buried at Hillside cemetery, Anzac Cove by the Rev. J. Green. Reports state that Trooper Bellinger was getting ready for a bombing raid on Le Sars in the support lines when a shell exploded in the centre of a group of soldiers, killing Bellinger instantly with a wound to the chest. He was well known & liked by all his comrades." - SOURCE (honouringanzacs.net.au)

Stepson of Mr. C. J. Harrison, of No. 1 Police Station, Sydney, New South Wales.

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