WEHRMANN, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 687 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Snowtown, South Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Cerebral Abscess. , Fovant, Wltshire, England, United Kingdom, 3 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Compton Chamberlayne Cemetery INSCRIPTION UNTIL THE MORN BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 687, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 687, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 687, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Wounded Private, 687, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW (thigh, left arm and chest) |
Pte John Thomas Wehrmann
From WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 3rd November.......Private John Thomas Wehrmann was born at Snowtown, South Australia in 1889. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in August, 1915 as a 26 year old, married Labourer from Mt Gambier, South Australia.
Private Wehrmann was posted to Egypt then arrived in France on 23rd June, 1916. He was wounded in action on 30th October, 1916 with GSW to left thigh, arm & chest. He was invalided to England where he was eventually posted to No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire. England in March, 1917.
Private Wehrmann wa admitted to Gropup Hospital, Hurdcott on 31st October, 1917 then transferred to Military Hospital at Fovant on 2nd November, 1917.
Private John Thomas Wehrmann died at 2.55 a.m. on 3rd November, 1917 at the Military Hospital at Fovant. A Postmortem examination was conducted & the cause of death was found to be from a Cerebral Abscess. He was buried in Compton Chamberlayne War Graves Cemetery where 27 other Australian WW1 Soldiers are buried.
Submitted 3 November 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...687 Private John Thomas Wehrmann, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Mount Gambier, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with Headquarters Staff from Adelaide on 18 November 1915 aboard HMAT Geelong (A2) for Suez. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. Pte Wehrmann was wounded in action near Montauban on 30 october 1916 and was evacuated to England for treatment and recuperation. His recovery was slow and he was attached to No 3 Command Depot. Pte Wehrmann was hospitalised with debility on 2 November 1917 and died the following day with a cerebral abscess. He was aged 28 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the husband of A. G. Wehrmann, of Webb St., Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 3rd November....... John Thomas Wehrmann was born at Snowtown, South Australia in 1889.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in August, 1915 as a 26 year old, married Labourer from Mt Gambier, South Australia.
Private John Thomas Wehrmann, Service number 687, was posted to Egypt then arrived in France on 23rd June, 1916.
He was wounded in action on 30th October, 1916 with GSW to left thigh, arm & chest.
Private Wehrmann was invalided to England where he was eventually posted to No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire. England in March, 1917.
On 31st October, 1917 Private Wehrmann was admitted to Group Hospital, Hurdcott, Wiltshire then transferred to Military Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire on 2nd November, 1917.
Private John Thomas Wehrmann died at 2.55 a.m. on 3rd November, 1917 at the Military Hospital at Fovant. A Postmortem examination was conducted & the cause of death was found to be from a Cerebral Abscess.
He was buried in Compton Chamberlayne War Graves Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 27 other Australian WW1 Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/compton-chamberlayne.html
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