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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bellia, Francis Service Number 7209
Killed in Action 17th April 1918 France
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
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NAME Bellia- Francis
SERVICE NO 7209
UNIT 1st Battalion (24
th Reinforcements)
RANK
DATE OF BIRTH/AGE 27 yrs 4 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Valetta, Malta
ADDRESS “Meroo” Tavestock Rd. Flemington, NSW
OCCUPATION Driver
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 29 Jan 1917
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Sydney, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Wife;- Sarah Harriett Bellia. “Meroo” Tavestock Rd. Flemington. 1930 @ 233 Old Canterbury Rd. Dulwich Hill.
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’3½”. Weight-116lbs. Chest-32-35
Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Dark. Two moles on abdomen. Scar to groin. Birthmark & scar R side back.
RELIGION Roman Catholic
EMBARKED Sydney 10/2/1917 aboard the Osterley
DISEMBARKED Plymouth 11/4/1917
WOUNDED/ILLNESS Sick- Scabies 13/2/1918
DIED 17/4/1918
BURIED Re-buried Meteren Military Cemetery;- Plot 4 Row K Gve 864. 10½ miles S W Ypres.
MEDALS British War Medal-56369, Victory Medal-55449. Mem Plaque & Scroll-345225
DEPENDANTS Widow- Sarah H, Step-son -Anderson, Albert Costly S. 2 Daughters, Bellia, Carmen Malita & Joan Mavis
PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc & Chain, Metal Boomerang, 2 Wallets, Cards, Photos, Collection of old stamps, 1 Note Book.
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORTS
Informant Signaller Moir 3624 -20/7/1918
I knew Bellia He worked under my father at David Jones, Drapers. I saw his body lying in our trenches at HQ. He had been killed instantly by a shell. I saw his grave abt 500 yrds from HQ nearer the line at a farm house, there was a regulation cross on it.
RED CROSS REPORT
Informant Pte H W Mud-ford 3958 -24/7/1918
On April 17/18. Bellia was acting as HQ Signaller in the Meteren Sector when a piece of High Explosive shell struck him across the eye, killing him instantly.
RED CROSS REPORT
Letter;-Theatre Royal Valletta, Malta 15/2/1919
Typed. Requesting information of my brother no 7209 A Coy 1st Btn AIF Frank
Bellia , rumoured to have been killed in March 1918.
Gosford Times 16.5.1918.
ROLL OF HONOR.
BELLIA – Killed in Action France, April 17th 1918,
Signaller Frank Bellia, 1st Battalion, A.I.F., leaving a wife
and three little children to mourn their sad loss. Beloved brother-in-law of Mrs J.J. Parry, Erina.
He fell a hero in the deadly strife, He gave his all – his life.
Sydney Morning Herald 17.4.1919. P.6.
BELLIA. – In sad and loving memory of my dear husband and our daddy, No. ---- Signaller F. Bellia, 1
st Batt. killed in action at Metron,
April 17, 1918. Short was the call he had from above, No words to his loved ones could say; He sank to rest on Metron Farm, Our daddy, so faithful and true.
Inserted by his sorrowing wife and children, Albert, Carmen and Joan.
BELLIA – A tribute of our love to the memory of our beloved brother-in-law, Signaller, Frank Bellia, killed in action, Metron, France, April 17, 1918. Peace, perfect peace. Ever remembered by his loving sisters, Jean and Mary.
Gosford Times 16.5.1918.
ERINA (From our Correspondent)
Mrs J.J. Parry, of Erina, received word on Saturday that her Brother-in-law, Signaller Frank Bellia, had been killed in France on 17
th April, last. He left Sydney on the
19th February, 1917.
A wife and three little children are left to
mourn their loss.
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3071558