WILSON, Herbert Frederick
| Service Number: | 1442 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | St Albans, Brimbank, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1442, 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1442, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1442, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 1442, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1442 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Herbert Frederick WILSON was born in Sunbury in 1882, and was living in St Albans when he enlisted in the AIF on 30/7/1915. Herbert was a big man, 6ft 4in tall and weight of 182lbs.
On his enlistment papers he stated he was not married but between July and November 1915 he married Ellen Myrtle Wilson.
He left Australia on 23/11/1915 aboard the HMAT Ceramic as part of the 13th Light Horse reinforcements.
After arriving in France he was transferred to the 1st Anzac Light Horse, and on 8/7/1917 was again transferred to the 60th Battalion.
In late September 1917 the 60th Battalion were in action in the Polygon Wood area and Herbert was wounded in the back and leg.
He died of these wounds on 26/9/1917 at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.
Herbert is buried at the Lijsenthoek Military Cemetery just south of Poperinge, Belgium.
His wife (now widow) moved around, first to Geelong then to Newmarket in 1917.
In 1923 she had remarried and was now Mrs E M Cole living at Dean Street Moonee Ponds and in 1925 in Abbotsford.
Contact with her after this time was lost.