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WILSON, Clarence Crawford
| Service Number: | 18238 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Mt Crawford, South Australia, Australia, 16 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (SA), Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 30 January 1968, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mount Crawford Roll of Honor, Williamstown St. Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Williamstown Uniting Church Stained Glass Windows |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18238 | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 18238, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 18238, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 18238, 6th Field Ambulance | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 18238, 6th Field Ambulance | |
| 27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 18238, 6th Field Ambulance | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 18238, 6th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Clarence Crawford WILSON was the seventh child and third son of James and Ellen WILSON of Mount Crawford, near Williamstown. He enlisted on 2nd February, 1917 having a letter of permission to enlist, as he was only 18 years and 6 months old.
He wished to join the Medical Corps but was initially told there were no vacancies, but after a second letter from his mother, was transferred from the Infantry to the Medical Corps on 16th February. His older brother, Bertie was already serving at the front in France.
After training, he left Melbourne for Suez, thence Taranto, Italy, Southampton, England, Parkhouse Depot, England and departed for France on 2nd April, 1918. He contracted mumps in France and was hospitalised until 15th June and after discharge, joined the 6th Field Ambulance in the field until he was wounded in the left arm on 9th August, 1918. He was admitted to the 42nd Stationary Hospital, Amiens, 9th August and after spending time at a Convalescent Hospital, resumed duty at hospitals at Le Havre from 21st December, 1918.
From the 16th January, 1919, he was on duty at the Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, England where he was a Temporary Corporal until 7th July when he reverted to Private, just before he embarked on the HMAT Takada, 18th July, as part of the nursing staff returning to Australia.
His older brother, Bert WILSON had died from wounds in Belgium on 30th September, 1917.
Clarence WILSON enlisted in World War 2 and served as a Lieutenant until 3rd December, 1945. He died in Adelaide on 30th January, 1968.