Charles Wells

1894-1980

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1394

About

Born in New Zealand

24 July 1894
Parent

Father

C. Wells
Live

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 6th Hauraki Regiment

    New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 85

    9 June 1980

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 61/0120571, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Charles Wells (1894-1980)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/894