WILSON, James Andrew Gratton
| Service Number: | 207 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 5 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 28 April 1938, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 207, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 207, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on Chuignes on 23rd August 1918. He took two machine guns into an advanced position under heavy fire, and inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, enabled our troops to advance. When the infantry were forced to withdraw under the intense fire, he held on and kept the enemy from pressing their advantage. He also carried two wounded men to safety under heavy fire, inspiring his detachments by his disregard of danger.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 67 Date: 3 June 1919 | |
| 7 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
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4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
Enlistment date 19 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Private
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/9/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on 19 October 1914.
Age at embarkation 19
Rank from Nominal Roll Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Machine Gun Battalion
He was a son of John Gratton Wilson [Captain - Australian Army Medical Corps WWI] and Alexandra Frances Wilson, (née Symons) of "Ierne," Warmambool, Victoria, Australia, also of Farnham Park, Warrnambool.
His brother, Lieutenant Eliot Gratton Wilson, aged 22, fell at Gallipoli whilst serving with the 8th Australian Light Horse. Eliot was Mentioned in Despatches.