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WELLMAN, William Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5221 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Slapham, London United Kingdom, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Harvey, Harvey, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Dulwich Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Varennes Military Cemetery Plot I, Row J, Grave 78, Varennes Military Cemetery, Varennes, Verdun, Lorraine, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harvey & Wokalup Roll of Honour Board 2, Harvey RSL WW2 Minature Memorial, Harvey Roll of Honor, Harvey War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5221, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5221, Embarked on HMAT 'A9' Shropshire from Fremantle on 31st March 1916, disembarking Egypt and posted to 4th Training Battalion. | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5221, Embarked on Ionian from Alexandria, Egypt on 7th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles on 14th June 1918. | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company, Private Wellman attended the Machine Gun Base Depot Camiers, France for instruction from 7th August 1916 to 31st August 1916. | |
| 12 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
| 13 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5221, 13th Machine Gun Company, Wounded in action, gassed and admitted to 47th Casualty Clearing Station. Succumbed to injuries on 15th April 1917. | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5221, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5221 awm_unit: 13th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Arthur Richard and Emma Ann WELLMAN, of 255 Under Hill, East Dulwich, London.
Born in London, arrived in Australia when he was 9.