Francis Leslie WELLS

WELLS, Francis Leslie

Service Number: 112
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Field Company Engineers
Born: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Saint Josephs' Catholic School
Occupation: Electrical Engineeer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 12 July 1915
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 30 Headstone inscription reads: He lived as he died,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 112, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 112, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
27 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 112, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli

Help us honour Francis Leslie Wells's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred George and Florence Wells 79 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW formerly of Crown Street, Surry Hills, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a 3 year apprenticeship with Noyes Bros. of Sydney and a further 6 months with the Wireless Company of Randwick, NSW