WELLS, Francis Leslie
| Service Number: | 112 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Saint Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrical Engineeer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 12 July 1915, aged 22 years |
| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 112, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 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 | |
| 12 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 112, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography 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
Biography contributed by Michael Silver
Last Letter Home
Sapper Frank L. Wells, aged 22 years, of the 1st Field Company of Engineers, only son of Mrs. F. Wells, of the Hotel Victoria, Crown Street, Surry Hills, was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 12 July 1915.
In his last letter, written to his mother on June 27 last, he said : "We left Egypt on March 1 for Lemnos Island, just 40 miles from the Dardanelles. The Engineers were ashore for five weeks making wharves, etc. Twenty-three of the Engineers with the 3rd Brigade, were in the first boat to touch the land on
that memorable Sunday, April 25. The Engineers were the only New South Wales representatives to land with the party, who rushed the hills. From then we had the hardest 14 days that any one could experience. I can imagine how worried you must all be at this period, but please God, by the time you receive this everything will be quiet — at least for some time. I am thankful to say so far I have not had a scratch, and have never been too tired at nights to thank God for his mercies each day. When I come home will have some experiences to relate, but you must be patient for a little longer. I am writing this in the trenches, where I have charge of a party of infantry doing some work and improvements."
Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120801151
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