WELLS, Henry Bernard
| Service Number: | Q143880 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1913 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher's Carter |
| Died: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 30 March 1989, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Southport General Cemetery, Gold Coast |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 May 1941: | Involvement Signalman, Q143880 | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 12 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q143880 | |
| 23 Jun 1943: | Discharged | |
| 23 Jun 1943: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Signaller, Q143880, Lines of Communication Units, QLD Lines of Communication Area Signals | |
| 23 Jun 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q143880 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry, born in 1913 in Tweed Heads, NSW, was the only child of George Martin Wells (b 1884 in Tweed Heads, NSW) and Margaret Keating (b 1885 in Stanthorpe, QLD). George served in WWI with 15th AIF Battalion and died of Tuberculosis in 1916.
Harry farmed at Southport in QLD before the War, and was a Butcher's Carter when he enlisted in in Southport, QLD in 1941. Harry served with the ACMF as a Signalman (Service No: QX143880) with QLD Line of Communication Area Signals until 1943.
He married Susannah Cecily Molloy in Brisbnae, QLD in 1942, and worked as a Lagger (applying insulation to pipes) following his Discharge. By 1949 Harry and Susannah were living in Kalinga, QLD where Harry worked as a Truck Driver. They had moved back to Southport QLD by 1954 where Harry was working as a Truck Driver in 1959 when Susannah died.
In 1962, Harry was living in Southport and working as a Truck Driver when he married his second wife, Nellie. By 1972 Harry and Nellie had moved to Roma in QLD, where Harry worked as a PMG Linesman. They retired to Broadbeach at Surfer's Paradise in 1980, where Harry died in 1989
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