Charles Hastings WELLS

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WELLS, Charles Hastings

Service Number:	2267
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rouse Hill, NSW, 1898
Home Town:	Rouse Hill, Blacktown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rouse Hill Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 22 April 1918
Cemetery:	Arneke British Cemetery I D 9
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Riverstone and District War Memorial, Rouse Hill Anglican Church WELLS Memorial Plaque

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2267, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
11 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2267, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
11 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2267, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Richard and Harriet WELLS

Mr. and Mrs. J. Wells, of Rouse Hill, have received word that their youngest son, Private Charles Hasting Wells, died of wounds on April 22. He was 20 years of age and left here in July, 1916 with the 4th reinforcements of the 53rd Battalion,. He was employed at Schofield's Siding sawmills prior to enlistment.

BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

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