James Henry BONELLA

BONELLA, James Henry

Service Number: 98
Enlisted: 18 January 1915, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Avenel, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Picture Frame Maker
Died: Died of wounds to his thigh, France, 24 May 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Plot 4, Row 4, Grave 119, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

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
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