William Andrew Noye Wells AO (6 March 1919[1] – 18 November 2004), commonly referred to as W. A. N. Wells was a barrister in South Australia and judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia.
[3] He was a student as St Peter's College, and in 1938 commenced a Law degree at Adelaide University, winning a Stow Prize in his first year,[4] then in June 1940 enlisted with the 2nd AIF, and was promptly promoted to sergeant with the Intelligence corps, then transferred to Signals Battalion, reduced to corporal.
[1] He returned to his studies at the University of Adelaide in 1945, and in November of that year was awarded the David Murray Scholarship in Law.
[6] By 1977 he was entitled to the appellation "The Honourable Mr Justice",[7] and by 1988, when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, he had Queen's Counsel added to his list of distinctions.
[8] Around 1986 a bust of Wells by John Dowie was installed at the Lands Titles Office, 101 Grenfell Street, Adelaide.