WILTON, Alexander Cockburn
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Medical Officers |
| Born: | Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College and University of Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Clarendon South Australia, 6 June 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Persic, Sydney |
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WILTON Alexander Cockburn MB BS
1888-1954
Alexander Cockburn Wilton was born at Port Fairy, Victoria, on 22 April 1888, although other sources suggest he was born in Adelaide. He was the son of Charles Richard Wilton and Annie Isabel, nee Gladstone. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and he undertook his medical studies at the University of Adelaide. Wilton was registered with the Medical Board of South Australia on 14 December 1911. He was a resident medical officer at the Adelaide Hospital in 1912. He subsequently had a medical practice in Redhill, South Australia. He married Shylie Kathleen Mathews the daughter of Mr and Mrs Llandaff Mathews of Wayville on 15th July 1914. Wilton lived at 102 Kent Street Kent Town.
Prior to WW1 Wilton was a 2nd lieutenant in Cadets and in 1912 Wilton joined the AAMC Reserve with John Le Messurier Kneebone and Cyril Frederick Pitcher. He enlisted in the AIF on 16 March 1918 aged 29 years 11 months; he was described as 5ft 10ins and weighed 13st and had a limited proficiency in German language. His next of kin was given as his wife Shylie Kathleen Wilton. Wilton embarked on the Persic in Sydney on 21 March 1918. He was initially appointed as a captain to the 9th Trg Bn. He was posted to 3 AGH on 11th September 1918 and then to the 1st FdAmb on 20th September 1918. He was detached to 1st Fd Artillery Bde and 1st Australian Division Engineers before returning to the 1 FdAmb. He was admitted to the 2 FdAmb with tonsillitis in April 1918 and on 26th May 1919 he was admitted the 3rd London General hospital with laryngitis. He returned to Australia on the Kanowna disembarking in 4 MD on 20 October 1919 and discharged on 12th November 1919 at which time he was described as being well. He was issued with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Wilton had a medical practice in Clarendon after the war. Alexander Cockburn Wilton died in Clarendon on 6th June 1954. He was survived by his wife and son Geoffrey Cockburn Wilton who was born in 1915 and died in 1967.
Source
Blood, Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australia, who Served in World War 1.
Verco, Summers, Swain, Jelly. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2019.
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