John CONWELL

CONWELL, John

    Service Number: 2151
    Enlisted: 27 April 1915, 6th reinforcements
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 56th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1887
    Home Town: Glebe, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: Natural causes, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1965, aged 78 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia
    Sect. M2 Row 21 Plot 793
    Memorials: Glebe Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2151, 4th Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements
    16 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2151, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2151, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2151, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
    20 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2151, 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW left arm
    16 Dec 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2151, 56th Infantry Battalion, HS Kanowna, England for invaliding to Australia - disembarking Sydney 16 February 1918
    13 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2151, 56th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    The wife of 2151 Private John Conwell who fought at Lone Pine and was wounded at Fromelles with 56th Battalion wrote to the AIF seeking information in 1918, “My husband arrived home this month with shell shock and a cot case........and I don’t think he will ever do another days work as he is helpless.” Hopefully John Conwell recovered.

     

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