George WILSON

WILSON, George

Service Number: 4514
Enlisted: 12 February 1916
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
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World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4514, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
1 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 4514, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 4514, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
1 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 4514, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 4514, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
16 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4514, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), George was wounded in action on 16 July 1917 suffering a gunshot wound to the left shoulder, rejoining his unit 5 September after treatment in the 8th General Hospital, Rouen.
5 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4514, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), It appears George did not return to France, and remained in England until he embarked at London 21 January 1919 for repatriation on board HT ‘Demosthene’ arriving back in Australia as an invalid. After a final medical examination, which found he had a slight disability due to the hand injury, George was discharged on 5 April 1919

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