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WILSON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5931 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1916, Place of enlistment - Roma, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Six Mile School, Roma, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Roma Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5931, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Roma, Queensland | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5931, 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A36' Boonah from Brisbane on 21st October 1916, disembarking at Plymouth, England on 10th January 1917 | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Machine Gun Company | |
| 7 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 16th Machine Gun Company, Proceeded to France via Southampton | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Unit re-designated | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5931, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Wounded in action - gunshot wound to shoulder and elbow | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked on hospital ship SS Czar from Liverpool, England on 24th March 1919, transshipping to another hospital ship HMT Dongola at Alexandria, Egypt on 10th April 1919. Vessel arrived in Australia 16th May 1919. | |
| 29 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5931, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Willaim Rainne and Elsie Morrison Wilson of Roma. Brother of 3366 Sapper Alexander Wilson - 6th Field Company Engineers killed in action Pozieres, Somme Sector, France 27th July 1916 (1892) and 5930 Sergeant William Rainne Wilson - 3rd Machine Gun Battalion returned to Australia 27th February 1920 (1889)
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