SOMERSET, Wyndham Alan
| Service Number: | 1071 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Officer in Merchant Service |
| Died: | Bullet wounds, France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1071, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1071, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1071, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, Commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 1071, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1071 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Wyndham Alan SOMERSET was born in 1890 in Melbourne, Victoria
His parents were Henry Calthorpe SOMERSET & Bertha Clothilde REILLY - his Father was born in Bombay, India and his Mother in Mauritius
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 6th April, 1915 as a Private with the 19th Battalion, C Company & embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 25th June, 1915 - he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 19th August, 1916
He was wounded in the knee on 14th November, 1916 at Fleurs and reported as missing - later changed to Killed in Action - no known grave but it was said he was buried near Fleurs
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
Wyndhams father Henry Calthorpe SOMERSET also served in the Army in an English regiment and gained the rank of Captain with the 2nd Battalion (Buffs) & was also a Staff Officer of Cadets at Melbourne, Victoria - his brother Henry George Fitzroy SOMERSET also served in WW1 and was a Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion (SN1294) He returned to Australia and died in 1958.
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OBITUARY from Trove
SOMERSET - Killed in Action in France on the 14th November (previously reported missing)
Lieutenant Wyndham Alan Somerset, dearly beloved son of the late Major H.C. Somerset and Mrs. Somerset and brother of Lieutenant H.G.F. Somerset, Mrs. Margot Hibbard and Violet Somerset.
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