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Merton Ulverstone WELLS

Regimental number7448
Place of birthUlverstone, Tasmania
SchoolUlverstone State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer plumber
AddressUlverstone, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinBrother, George Spencer Wells, 'Pacific', Oban Street, Hawksburn, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name8th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 June 1918
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Age at death26.5
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry George King and Isabella WELLS.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 13/515 Trooper Henry William Herbert WELLS, Auckland Mounted Rifles, returned to New Zealand, 23 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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