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(Pte) Harold Leslie Jellett
Private Harold Leslie Jellett 3370, a Farm labourer from Alfred Street, Birkenhead, South Australia, prior to enlistment 26 July 1915 aged 24, he embarked with the 10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement from Adelaide, South Australia, on board A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915.
| Regimental number | 3370 |
| Place of birth | Parkside, South Australia |
| School | Parkside and Kensington Public Schools, South Australia |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Farm labourer |
| Address | Bordertown, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Brother, J Jellett, Alfred Street, Birkenhead, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | 26-Jul-15 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 21-Jul-15 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 50th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Wounded on former occasions |
| Fate | Killed in Action 25 April 1918 |
| Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. | |
| The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. | |
| On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. | |
| After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. | |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, | |
| Australian War Memorial | 150 |
| Miscellaneous information from | |
| cemetery records | Parents: John and Martha JELLETT |
ID number P09291.391
Collection Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Photographer Unknown
Date made c October 1915Description
Studio portrait of 3370 Private (Pte) Harold Leslie Jellett, 10th Battalion. A farm labourer from Glanville, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 27 October 1915 aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) for Egypt. On 26 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. During the following 14 months he was wounded in action on three separate occasions and each time was evacuated to England for treatment, recuperation and furlough. Pte Jellett was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 28 years.
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