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WELLS, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3465 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quorn, South Australia, 21 October 1889 |
| Home Town: | Quorn, Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School, Willochra via Quorn, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Penneshaw War Memorial |
Service History
Peacetime
| 21 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3465, 48th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia |
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Peacetime
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Seang Bee |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3465, 48th Infantry Battalion, per HMAT 'Seang Bee' from Adelaide, SA | |
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| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3465, 48th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Wells & Louisa Pauline nee Liebech.
Lived in Penneshaw
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