WELLS, Thomas Siggee
| Service Number: | 6924 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, June 1879 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surgeon dentist |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 February 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-136. 24 |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6924, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6924, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 16 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6924, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6924, 19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
80 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 8th February 1940, Private Thomas Siggee (Seggie) Wells, 19th Battalion, surgeon dentist from 127 Darby Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and 3 Charles Street, Wickham, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. ANGLICAN 2-136. 24.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140522553
Born at St Arnaud, Victoria 1879 to William John and Agnes Wells nee Montgomery; husband of Selia Wells nee Rees (married 1897, died 1931), Thomas enlisted March 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W., and returned home June 1818 suffering rheumatoid arthritis.
His name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour and the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
I placed a wooden cross adorned with poppies on his unmarked grave March 2016, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=436639#grave-photo-1
Lest We Forget.
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