Arthur Charles WILDON

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Service Number:	122
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, England, United Kingdom, 1890
Home Town:	Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 6 November 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 122, Enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 122, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 122, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 122, Wounds to the back
18 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal
29 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
27 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
6 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 122, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 122 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-06

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Son of Walter Bruce and Louisa Wildon of 46 Leopold Road, Ipswich, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal