James Arthur Ernest WILSON

WILSON, James Arthur Ernest

    Service Number: 3533
    Enlisted: 26 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, February 1897
    Home Town: Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Laborer
    Died: Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia, 3 October 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery
    New South Wales
    Memorials: Hibbard Public School Pupils Honour Roll of the Great War
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3533, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion
    16 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3533, 53rd Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    The three Wilson brothers from Port Macquarie NSW, were in the 53rd Battalion, Eric and Sam were killed side by side in German trenches, and 3533 Pte James Arthur Ernest WILSON, 53rd Bn, returned to Australia, 25 January 1919. He was wounded in the neck but survived . He passed away in 1959.

    Father: George Wilson of Hibbard, Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

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