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WELLER, Frederick Nicholas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4669 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 June 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Boarding School, London England |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck Plot I, Row A, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "HE THAT LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4669, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4669, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles from Melbourne on 28th January 1916, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 28th February 1916. | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion, Had been Acting Corporal since 13th July 1915 | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 4669, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on Kinfauns Castle from Alexandria, Egypt on 18th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 29th June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force. | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4669, 59th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, gun shot wounds to back and legs. Succumbed to his wounds the following day at the 8th Field Ambulance. | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4669, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4669 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of George Alfred and Emily WELLER, of 16 Boronia Street, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. Native of Coburg,. Victoria.
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