WELLS, Roland Robert
| Service Number: | 2973 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Little Thurrock Essex, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 27 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Grave Ref:C. 31. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2973, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2973, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2973, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of William James and Caroline French Wells of 21 Rosedale Rd., Grays, Essex, England.
Births Jun 1892 WELLS Rowland Robert Orsett 4a 455
He enlisted 14th June 1915 at age 22 years and 2 months and was a butcher by trade having served 5 years with Moore's in Grays. He gave his Next of Kin as his mother of 4 Heath Road, Chadwell St Mary, Grays.
He is commemorated at St John the Baptist church at Mucking, Essex on the north side kerb of the grave of his father
Marble kerb with earth middle, fallen cross alongside, star shaped corners to kerb, metal lettering in capitals.
South side: In memory of WILLIAM J WELLS, passed away 1920 age 63
North side: Also ROWLAND his beloved son, died of wounds in France, March 27th 1918 aged 26
East end: Also of ENA who died Dec 6th 1928 aged 31
Fallen cross: Also of CAROLINE F WELLS who died April 11th 1938, aged 75
Stonemason: Hurst. Wright
He is also commemorated on the war memorial, previously in the church but now at St Margaret's, Stanford-le-Hope.
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