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WILSON, Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1970 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leichardt, Victoria, Australia, September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Leichardt, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 3 October 1933, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1970, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1970, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to both legs | |
| 31 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged due to wounding at 1st Passchendaele |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Matt Shmeh (great grandson)
On this day in 1917 my great grandfather Pte Herbert Wilson SN 1970 was wounded in both legs by machine fire at the battle of Passchendaele with B company 38th Battalion. On return to Australia he suffered complications as the wounds never healed and my grandmother remembered his long stays at the military hospitals and the bandages with open wounds right up to his death aged only 33 from renal failure (no doubt exacerbated by the wounds)
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