Leopold Ferdinand VON WIELDT

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VON WIELDT, Leopold Ferdinand

Service Number:	32857
Enlisted:	1 April 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Loughbrough, England , August 1877
Home Town:	Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 29 May 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Church of England New C, Row 4, Grave 18. Commemorated in the QLD Garden of Remembrance.
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World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32857, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 32857, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 32857, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
1 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From Field Artillery Brigades
20 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
26 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 32857, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due nephritis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Surname sometimes spelt as Van Wieldt

Son of Johannes Von Wieldt and Alice Von Wieldt nee Bennett of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Milford', Stanthorpe, QLD.

Husband of Ethel Von Wieldt of Stanthorpe, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1918 aboard HT Carpentaria disembarking on 4 October 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

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