Wilfred Baden POWELL

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POWELL, Wilfred Baden

Service Number:	2783
Enlisted:	4 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Daw Park Repatriation Hospital S.A. Brush Co Ltd WW1 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2783, 50th Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2783, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Mother Mrs Annie Muriel Powell, lived at 251 Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia

Previously served with the 76th Infantry Battalion

Described on enlisting as 18 years of age; single, Roman Catholic

4/9/1916 enlisted in Adelaide, SA

23/10/1916   embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, SA onboard HMAT A16 Port Melbourne
                    as a Private with 50th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
                    CANCELLED

6/11/1916 embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, SA onboard HMAT A19 Afric
as a Private with 50th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement

Last rank: Private with 3rd Australian General Hospital

21/1/1919 returned to Australia

submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 24/11/2016. Lest we forget.

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