WILSON, Elvas Roy
| Service Number: | 1424 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | North Carlton State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Prisoner of War, Yozgat Hospital, Yozgat Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey, 30 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1424, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1424, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1424, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Roy was captured by the Turks on the 8th August 1915 during the disastrous attack by the 4th Brigade on Hill 971, around to the north of the Anzac position. The 14th Battalion had a number of isolated parties of wounded trapped among the ridges and ravines. He was said to be quite badly wounded and spent many months in a hospital in Constantinople. He eventually died of typhus and his burial location could not be found.
Roy was the son of Joseph Thomas and Clara Wilson, of Fitzroy North, Victoria.
His dad remarked on his Roll of Honour form that “he was a very good cyclist”
The Melbourne sporting newspaper reported “Cycling circles have lost an enthusiast in Private E. Roy Wilson, a prominent member of the Northern District Cycling Club. He was affectionately known among his club-mates and other friends as 'Dinny,' and for some years he had been prominent in furthering the interests of his club. As a member of the battalion he fought at Lone Pine, and was taken prisoner by the Turks. News came through a few days ago of his death in Zozgad Hospital, Asia Minor. Before his enlistment he represented the Northern District Cycling Club in the Nella Shield and I.C.C.A.
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