Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Gellie, Mervyn

Born 1894 Hobart Tasmania the son of Charles Mervyn Harold and Helen Frances Gellie (nee Westwood) a labourer he embarked Brisbane 29^th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion where he proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula. His brother Harold enlisted at the same time.

He became ill on the Peninsula and was admitted the 7^th Field Ambulance with dysentery and was later transferred to the hospital ship “Soudan” for Malta. After recovery he rejoined his unit in France where he was killed in action 5^th August 1916 at Moquet Farm France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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