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Horatio Bert James (also known as Horace) Belton
| Name on Board | HBJ Belton |
| Name on Service Records |
Horatio Bert James (also known as Horace) Belton |
| Enlistment Age | Unknown |
| Occupation | Unknown |
| Place of Birth | Maidstone, England |
| Next of Kin | Louisa Belton |
| Address | Williamstown, Vic |
| Marital Status | M |
| Enlistment Date | Unknown |
| Service No. | 1815 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Unknown |
| Embarkation Date | Unknown |
| Embarkation Ship | Unknown |
| Unit on Embarkation | HMAS Psyche, Royal Australian Navy |
| Date of Death | 15/09/1915 |
| Unit on Death | HMAS Psyche, Royal Australian Navy |
| Rank on Death | Stoker Petty Officer |
| Cause of Death | Accidental Drowning |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Rangoon |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Originally buried Rangoon (Pazundaung) Town Cemetery in 1915, relocated to the Rangoon War Cemetery in 1948. |
Additional Information
In July 1915, Psyche was commissioned into the RAN and was ordered to the Bay of Bengal. Based at Rangoon, she carried out routine patrols along the Burma Coast and Malay Archipelago. A newspaper article notes that Horace Belton accidentally drowned when he slipped on a piece of wood on a bridge.
His widow was Loiusa Belton (nee Garlick). The Garlick Family were long time residents of Williamstown, Vic.
Additional References
Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 17 February 1917, p3 and Saturday 15 September, 1917;
WW1 Navy Gravesecrets HMS Psyche
Navy HMAS Psyche
Matthew Smith Thesis: The Relationship Between Australians and the Overseas Graves of the First World War, p266
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