Gordon Westbrook WILSON MM, MM

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WILSON, Gordon Westbrook

Service Number:	208
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Mount Barker, South Australia, 15 May 1886
Home Town:	Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 208, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 208, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 208, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
15 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, At Tel-el-Kebir
12 Jul 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: On the afternoon of 4th June 1918, the position occupied by the 49th Battery at Fouilloy was shelled by a burst of fire from 5.9" with air burst and 4.2" guns. One of the first rounds hit a dump and exploded some of the ammunition and set fire to the covering and camouflague Without hesitation and under heavy and accurate fire, these two Gunners (the other man was Gunner Alfred Ley) went to the dump and pulled away the burning material and ammunition and stamped out burning debris, and then got assistance of other men and with buckets of water extinguished the fire. Their task was performed with great personal risk, from both bursting ammunition and shelling which continued during the whole period, and their promptness and courage succeeded in saving their gun and a large quantity of ammunition Their devotion to duty and excellent example are deserving of special recognition. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette - 12 February 1919 on page 261 at position 226 London Gazette - 7 October 1918 on page 11841 at position 61
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 208, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Gunshot wound to the left hand resulting in the amputation of a finger. Evacuated to England on 12 August 1918
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 208
24 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 208, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 4th Military District

World War 2 Service

2 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Broadmeadows, VIC

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur Wilson and Florence Amelia (nee Radford) Wilson of Bordertown, SA;brother of Birdie Florence Leeds Wilson, Edith Maud Wilson, Kathleen McLeod Wilson, Arthur Alister Wilson, Glen Murray Wilson, Victor Buckland Wilson, Bertha Louise Wilson and Howard Frank Wilson

20 August 1915 - to hospital with Enteritis and suffering from a nervous breakdown

20 November 1918 - returned to Australia on board Suevic

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

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