Emest Walter WELSMAN

WELSMAN, Emest Walter

Service Number: 731
Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glenelg, South Australia, 16 January 1889
Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling: Kalgoolie State School, Western Australia
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 13 July 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
Plot 1, Row D, Grave 24 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914: Involvement 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914: Embarked 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
13 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 731, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 731 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-13

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Hubert Welsman and Blanche DWelby Welsman nee Chambers of 126 Cheetham Street, Kalgoolie, WA formerly of South Australia. Brother of Hubert Charles Welsman and Clifford Alan Welsman

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

Also served for 6 years with a volunteer batallion