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WELLS, Harold Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3525 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Moulder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3525, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3525, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3525, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3525 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edmund Charles and Martha Wells of Thomas Street, Broken Hill, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets and the Citizen Forces