WELLS, Sydney Bryden
| Service Number: | 1002 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Plattsburg, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop assistant-then a barber. |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong Cemetery, NSW Ang 3 J Inscription 1002 Corporal Sydney B. Wells 30th Battalion 5th August 1940 Beloved husband of Edith His Duty Noble Done |
| Memorials: | Hamilton War Memorial, Lambton Ancient Order of Forresters No 4584 Honor Roll, Newcastle Ancient Order of Forresters Court Friendship No 4584 Honor Roll, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1002, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1002, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Next of kin
John James Wells and Dorothy Rose Wells, Mary Street, Plattsburg, Wallsend, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 11 July 1915
30th Battalion, D Company
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915.
Age at embarkation 28.
Returned to Australia 18 October 1917.
The little message left on this headstone in Row K of Private Thomas Langford Watts, killed on 2oth July aged just 19.
They were good friends, they joined on the same day- their service numbers were 1002 & 1003.
Syd Wells was Wounded in Action and eventually returned to Australia aboard HT “Beltana” then discharged medically unfit on 18th January 1918
The note says ‘Thank you for the life of Sydney Bryden Wells – 20.7.16 – Reg No 1002 – 30thBn 5th Division AIF’.
Concerning Sydney Bryden Wells and the message on the grave of Private Thomas Langford Watts, this message was put by the descendants of S W Wells in July 2016, for the centenary of the Battle of Fromelles. Pivate Watts returned on the No Man’s Land in the sector of Cordonnerie Farm/Delangre Farm, to rescue his mates, he saved Sydney’s life. They were almost safe near the aid post when a bullet struck Watts in the head, killing him instantly, After the war Wells became a barber in Wollongong. Last July descendants of both soldiers had a meeting at Fromelles.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/descendants-meet-at-fromelles-to-honour-a-hero-and-victim/news-story/e7b3c0d16e195c85ab62e632900f1a03
Pierre Seillier, FWTM (Fromelles Remembrance Association)
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