WILSON, John Sidney
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Drummoyne, Sydney, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Zetland, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | North Sydney (Shore) Church of England Grammar School, Sydney University, St. Paul's College |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery XX E 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 3, North Sydney - Sydney Grammar School Captain John Sidney Wilson Memorial Window, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1916: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Dec 1916: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement Captain, 15th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 15th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Sidney and Florence Elizabeth Wilson, of "Quanda," Hazelbank Rd., Wollstonecraft, New South Wales.
THOUGHTS THAT DO OFTEN LIE TOO DEEP FOR TEARS
News has been received that Captain (Dr.) John Sidney Wilson died of wounds in France on August 9. He was educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He left in 1912 after passing through every form in the school. Thence he passed into the Medical School of the Sydney University, and became a resident student of St. Paul's College. In July, 1916, he graduated, taking his Ch.M. and M.B. degrees, and on October 1 his name was gazetted as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. In the interval he served as resident medical officer at the Royal South Sydney Hospltal, and in December left for the front.
After serving for some time at Salisbury Plains, he proceeded to France in 1917, and was attached to a field ambulance. The manager for Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., London, has cabled the following particulars:-"Captain Wilson, during an advance on the morning of August 9, closely following the Infantry, was severely wounded in both legs by shell-fire. His wounds were immediately dressed, and he was conveyed to an advanced dressing station. Despite all medical efforts, he died at about 5 p.m. the same day, and was buried in the Australian military cemetery near Villers Bretonneaux.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), 17 September 1918.
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