James Henry BONELLA

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Service Number:	98
Enlisted:	18 January 1915, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Maldon, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Avenel, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Maldon State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Picture frame maker
Died:	Died of wounds, 26th General Hospital, Etaples, France, 24 May 1918
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot 4, Row 4, Grave 119
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 98, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
7 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
26 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 6th Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge, On attachment from 21st Battalion (returned to battalion on 25 October 1917).
19 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 98, 21st Infantry Battalion, Multiple GSW to left leg ad thigh sustained during the 6th Brigade attack on Ville sur Ancre. Evacuated to 26th General Hospital at Etaples, where he later died of his wounds on 24 May 1918.
24 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 98, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 98 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-24
Date unknown:	Involvement 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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2 Australian Battalion. Machine Gun Corps

Rank - Private

Died of wounds to the left thigh

Husband of Eliza Puncher Bonella, 11 Watson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. father of James Avenel Bonella