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WELLS, Merton Ulverstone

Service Number:	7448
Enlisted:	25 January 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 26 January 1893
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Schooling:	Ulverstone State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 24 June 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension III. C. 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7448, 8th Field Company Engineers, Claremont, Tasmania
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 7448, 8th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 7448, 8th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
3 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers
8 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
22 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7448, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound arm (shattered)

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