WILSON, Hamilton Howard
| Service Number: | 1006 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Albert Park, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Leopold, Vic., 1895 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium IV C 6, Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Reninghelst, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1006, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Albert Park, Victoria | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Bombardier, 1006, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Bombardier, 1006, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1006, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1006 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 | |
| 14 Feb 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 19 Date: 14 February 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Hamilton Howard WILSON was born in Leopold, Victoria in 1895
His parents were Thomas Heron WILSON & Elizabeth (Bessie) Amelia HOWARD
HAMILTON HOWARD WILSON who was killed in action in France on 4th October 1917 was the son of Mr. T. H. Wilson. He was born in 1895 and entered the Preparatory School in 1909 and was at the School from 1.910 till 1912, when having passed the Junior Public Examination he left and went into Mr. S. J. Warnock's office, and was studying accountancy.
He enlisted a fortnight after war broke out and joined the Artillery camp. He was promoted Bombardier before he left Australia as a member of the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade. He was in the fighting
at Anzac, and becoming ill there was sent to hospital in England. Subsequently he rejoined his unit and was transferred to the 1st F.A. Brigade.
He was wounded in August 1917 and killed in the following October at the Battle of Broodseinde. He had done very good work and was promoted to Sergeant-Major, and was awarded the Military Medal on 2nd November 1917.
A comrade writing of him says: "I owe Sergeant Wilson a great debt which nothing can ever repay, as only for his coolness and bravery on a night in last October we would not be in England at present. He is a fellow in a thousand, and I know I could go through almost
anything as long as he was on a gun with me. I think more of him than any chap I know. He does not think of himself, and absolutely hates asking a man to do a risky job. He has man stamped all over him. He is a wonderful chap in action, cool and plucky at all times, and I can say that during the whole time I was on the gun with him I never knew him to get rattled or excited. By Jove, you would
have thought he was working his gun at a practice shoot."
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