Alfred WILSON

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Service Number:	1847
Enlisted:	13 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1870
Home Town:	Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hotel Manager
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row A, Grave 8, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1847, 3rd Infantry Battalion
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 1847, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915:	Embarked Private, 1847, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney

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His birth was registered in 1870 which would make him two years old that the age given on his Attestation papers

Son of John Wilson and Rebecca Wilson nee Cox of Maryborough, Victoria.

Husband of Mildred (Millie) Wilson of 11 Epping Road, Double Bay, NSW.

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

Alfred was a professional Scotch dancer