WILSON, Charles Percy
| Other Name: | Bell, Charles William |
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| Service Number: | 2191 |
| Enlisted: | 22 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deptford, Kent, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 3 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France Plot II, Row V, Grave No. 9. WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2191, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2191, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2191, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
(served as Charles Percy Wilson).
The son of Henry J. and Sarah E. Bell. Born at Deptford, London, England. Nearest of kin was an aunt, Mrs Emily Bell, 5 Carlton Square, Pomeroy Street, London England.
Charles enlisted at Liverpool, Sydney during May 1915. Taken on strength of the 3rd Battalion on Gallipoli on 30 July 1915. He missed the Battle of Lone Pine as he was evacuated sick to Egypt only a few days later. He returned to Gallipoli about six weeks later and was shot in the foot, ankle around the time of the evacuation of Gallipoli.
He rejoined the 3rd Battalion during March 1916 and they were shipped to France soon after. He was promoted to Lance Corporal during June 1916 and he was severely wounded in the thigh on 28 June 1916, when the 3rd Battalion was in a quiet sector, learning the ropes of trench warfare.
Charles died of his wound five days later, in the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station. It was not until after the war that his relations stated his real name was Charles William Bell.