Ernest Frank WELLING

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WELLING, Ernest Frank

Other Name:	Studdon, Ernest Frank - Birth Records
Service Number:	1311
Enlisted:	30 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Miller's Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouse Duties
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery To be rededicated on 19 July 2024
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1311
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1311, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1311, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1311, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Private Ernest Frank Welling (Studdon) has been found and identified along with 6 others in 2024. His remains were discovered in 2007 but only recently with the use of DNA and forensic evidence has he been positively identified.

Private Welling will have his headstone rededicated on the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 2024.

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