Wesley James Ethersey PUTLAND

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PUTLAND, Wesley James Ethersey

Service Number:	470
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gundagai. New South Wales, Australia , 22 March 1891
Home Town:	Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Bushman, Tram Conductor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 18 May 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli IV. A. 47. Inscription: "Prepare to meet thy God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 470, 1st Infantry Battalion, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 470, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 470, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 470, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 470, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 24 and a son of John and Elizabeth Putland, of Bent St., Macksville, New South Wales. Native of Gundagai, New South Wales.

His brother rests in the same cemetery-he died the following day.

Biography contributed by John Oakes

Wesley James Ethersey PUTLAND was born in Gundagai on 22nd March 1891 but brought up in Macksville. He joined the Tramways as a conductor in January 1914 and was released from duty in August to join the AIF in Sydney. He gave his occupation on enlistment as ‘bushman’.
On 18th May 1915 he was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 24, and was buried in the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, about 400 yards SE of Anzac Cove.
His younger brother, George, was also killed at Gallipoli.

Based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

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