Russell Henry BALSDON

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BALSDON, Russell Henry

Service Number:	2276
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blyth, England, 1894
Home Town:	Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1916
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery VII A 154, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2276, 30th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland, NSW
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2276, 30th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2276, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs Margaret Ellin Balsdon, Seventh Street, Weston, New South Wales

DEATH OF A WAR MOTHER
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.
Mrs. Balsdon, the widowed mother of four sons who enlisted, has just died. Of these sons, one died of wounds, a second died of wounds whilst prisoner of war in Germany, and a third is permanently invalided, and will soon return to Australia. A fourth enlisted in England at the inception of hostilities, and has come through up to the present without mishap.

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