WAILES, Hubert Charles
| Service Number: | 691 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | The Pleck, nr. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 24 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wellingborough, Northampton, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Night Officer |
| Died: | Died of wounds at 44th Casualty Clearing Station, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 3 August 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France II C 60 INSCRIPTION THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY , Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Orange & District 1914-1918 Addendum Honour Roll, Orange Railways Ambulance and Rifle Club WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 691, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 691, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1883 Wailes Hubert Charles Walsall 6b 707
19th Bn. B Company , Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 33 and the son of John William and Esther/Ester Gertrude Mary/May Wailes, of 81, Lion Rd., Bexleyheath, Kent, England. formerly of Inholmes, Burgess Hill, Sussex, England.
Age on arrival in Australia-24
Occupation-Railway night officer
Age at embarkation-31
Enlistment date-8 February 1915
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front.
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John William and Esther Gertrude Mary WAILES of 81, Lion Rd., Bexley Heath, Kent, England.