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Wesley George WADE

Regimental number729
Place of birthNewtown, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolChatswood Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressFrancis Street, Artarmon, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Wade, Francis Street, Artarmon, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death17
Place of burialContalmaison Chateau Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs Agnes WADE.

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