Albert John WELLS

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WELLS, Albert John

Service Number:	2006
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (AIF)
Born:	Kadina, South Australia, 25 February 1896
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cleaner, S.A.R.
Died:	Heart Failure, Port Pirie, South Australia, 17 December 1938, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Cheltenham Cemetery Section: Section DX Drive: B Path (#): 3(14) Site Number: 9AN Service Type: Burial
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough 5th Railway Unit Honour Roll, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1

World War 1 Service

11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 2006, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 2006, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 2006

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Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Recorder (Port Pirie, SA: 1919 - 1954) Monday 19 December 1938

FATAL COLLAPSE

Railway Employe Dies On Way Home

Death came with tragic suddenness on Saturday night to Mr. Albert John Wells, aged about 42.

Mr. Wells, who was an acting engine driver in South Australian Railways, had worked on a shunting engine that day, and in the evening, apparently in good health, had been for a stroll to the beach with two friends—Messrs. H. T. Lilley and C. Erickson.

The three men were on the way home about 10 p.m. and were between the police station and Mary-Elie street when Mr. Wells suddenly exclaimed "Hold me" and collapsed.

He died almost immediately. When a doctor arrived he said that heart failure was the cause of death.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96291754

News (Adelaide, SA: 1923 - 1954) Monday 19 December 1938

Death at Pirie.—On his way home with two friends after a stroll to the beach, Albert John Wells, about 42, of Peterborough, collapsed in the main road and died almost immediately. A doctor said that heart failure was the cause of death.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131918611

Recorder (Port Pirie, SA: 1919 - 1954) Monday 19 December 1938

FUNERAL INTIMATIONS

WELLS.—THE FRIENDS of the late MR. ALBERT JOHN WELLS, of 180 Ellen street, are respectfully informed that HIS remains will be interred in Cheltenham Cemetery at 11 a.m. TODAY.

BACKSTROM & MESCHKE.

Undertakers and Motor Funeral

Directors, Port Pirie.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96291703

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