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WESSELL, Joseph Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 593 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lue, Mudgee, New South Wales, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Binnaway, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lue and Stone Creek Catholic Schools, via Orange, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 10 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 25, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonabarabran War Memorial Clock Tower, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 593, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 593, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 593, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Wessell and Rachel Wessell later know as Rachel Little of 37 Simmons Street, Newtown, NSW; brother of Arthur Edward Wessell who returned to Australia on 7 January 1919 having served with the Machine Gun Squadron of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal