Thomas WILSON

WILSON, Thomas

    Service Number: 4524
    Enlisted: 3 November 1915, 2 years service, Boer War
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kilmarnock, Scotland, July 1875
    Home Town: Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
    GENERAL-28. 16.
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4524, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 2 years service, Boer War
    23 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4524, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    23 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4524, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne
    5 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4524, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

    Private Thomas Wilson, 23rd Battalion (Reg No-4524), butcher from Auburn, New South Wales and Mayfield, N.S.W. and Belmont, N.S.W., laid to rest on the 8th November 1941, age 70. GENERAL-28. 16.
    Admitted to hospital 12.11.1916 (influenza).
    Also served Boer War.
    Wooden cross erected - 3.8.2019.

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