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 Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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.