WILSON, Donald Cumming
Service Number: | 1491 |
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Enlisted: | 27 September 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Second Class Air Mechanic |
Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 27 December 1895 |
Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Chemist's assistant |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1972, aged 76 years |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
Memorials: | Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
27 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1491, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement Second Class Air Mechanic, 1491, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked Second Class Air Mechanic, 1491, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
21 Jun 1919: | Discharged Second Class Air Mechanic, 1491, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Biographical information (from 'Queenslanders who fought in the Great War'): WILSON, Donald Cumming. 2nd Air Mechanic, No. 1491. Born at Maryborough, and educated at the Grammar School, Maryborough. The son of the late Thomas and Annie Gumming Wilson. Enlisted September, 1916, and went into camp at Brisbane. Went to Melbourne, where he remained till May, 1917 when he qualified for the rank of mechanic. Sailed for England in May, where he remained till April, 1918, when he was sent home. His principal work during that time was repairing aeroplanes.