Robert John (Bob ) WELLS

WELLS, Robert John

Service Number: 3523
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 24 April 1892
Home Town: Evandale, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cabinet maker
Died: Killed in Action, France , 4 September 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3523, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3523, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
4 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 3523, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3523 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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Biography contributed by Barbie Mayne

My great uncle Robert was killed in action in France, his brother Reginald Percy wells (my grandfather) witnessed his death.