WILSON, Willie
| Service Number: | 351 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 351, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 351, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
Died of Wounds suffered in the attack on Lone Pine
Willie Wilson was born in Ballarat in 1892. He enlisted in Sydney with the 1st Battalion on 24 August 1914 and was given service number 351. He was 22 and had previously worked as a labourer.
He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT A19 Afric on 18 October 1914. He was a member of C Company. He was wounded in the initial landing at Gallipoli sometime between 25th and 29th April. He was transported to Egypt, where he was admitted to Heliopolis's No.1 General Hospital. On 1 May, he was transferred to No. 2 General Hospital. He moved to the convalescent camp at Helouan on 27 May 1915. On 6 August 1915, he returned to Gallipoli in time to take part in the charge at Lone Pine. On 8 August, he was admitted to the No.2 Light Horse Field Ambulance, suffering a bomb wound to his eyes. He died of wounds received in action on 8 August 1915
Post-war, his remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Lone Pine Cemetery.
Submitted 25 April 2024 by Tim Barnett