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Claude Percival Wells

1886-1953

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21380

About

Born in New Zealand

17 February 1886
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Carpenter

Employer

G. Braithwaite Constructor, Auckland
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

G. M. Wells

Army Experience

  • Auckland Garrison Artillery Division

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 67

    10 May 1953

    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 61/0120580, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 42.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Claude Percival Wells (1886-1953)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/895

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