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John Vernon Herbert Bellers

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WWI # 419043 L/Corporal John V H BELLERS Served in the 42nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force

John Vernon Herbert BELLERS

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Vernon Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Bellers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 419043 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1886 AWMM Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Robert & Ellen BELLERS of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/LCpl-John-Bellers-MM/6000000053201392906
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mary Ann Bellers (wife), 1188 Rue St. Hubert, Montreal AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Married/WWI AWMM
    • Married Mary Ann COATES Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/LCpl-John-Bellers-MM/6000000053201392906

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 27 May 1915 AWMM Commission agent/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 ft 2 1/2 in AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Complexion, WWI AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Brown AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served in the 42nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 August 1916 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    29yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/LCpl-John-Bellers-MM/6000000053201392906
  • Place of death
    West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium (World War I: Killed in Action) Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/LCpl-John-Bellers-MM/6000000053201392906
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    IV. A. 5., Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    [IV. A. 5.], Zillebeke, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/LCpl-John-Bellers-MM/6000000053201392906
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Commission agent John Vernon Herbert Bellers was killed in action at Belgium on 4 August 1916. John Vernon Herbert Bellers was born at Gisborne in New Zealand on 17 October 1886. His parents were Robert George and Ellen Bellers (née Fielding). John worked as a Commission Agent in Tauranga. He spent four years serving with the New Zealand Rifles and three years in the Royal Navy. In 1910 he and Mary Ann Coates married at Montréal in Québec, Canada. John enlisted to serve during World War I from Montréal on 27 May 1915 and became a Lance Corporal (Service No. WWI 419043). He served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment, 42nd Battalion) and was awarded the Military Medal. John was 29 years of age when he was killed in action at Belgium on 4 August 1916. He was buried in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground at Komenseweg in Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. In 2014 Tauranga's 'Field of Remembrance' was created by the Tauranga WW100 Committee. It comprised 107 white crosses in memory of the men from the Tauranga area who died during World War I. Each cross carries a red poppy and the name of an individual who died. Source: Biography by Debbie McCauley (8 December 2014) Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/LCpl-John-Bellers-MM/6000000053201392906
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18 October 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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