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PUTLAND, Wesley James Ethersey
Personal Details
Service Number: | 470 |
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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 |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 470, 1st Infantry Battalion, Sydney | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.