WILSON, Oscar Lavender
| Service Number: | 6157 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1916, RAS Showground, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Superior Public School, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Despatch Clerk |
| Died: | Wounds, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium Plot II, Row C, Grave 12 |
| Memorials: | Ashfield Presbyterian Church Great War Memorial Window, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney Henry Bull & Co Limited Honour Roll, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 6157, 18th Infantry Battalion, RAS Showground, Sydney | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6157, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6157, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6157, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6157 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Oscar Lavender WILSON was born in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1886
His parents were Thomas WILSON & Agnes Eve GILCHRIST who married in Sydney in 1874
He enlisted at the Royal Agricultural Showground in Sydney on 12th May, 1916 and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Ascanius on 25th October, 1916 with the 18th Infantry Battalion, 17th Reinforcements
Oscar was wounded and died from those wounds on 20th September, 1917 and is buried in the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Marie Victorine
6157 Lance Sergeant Oscar Lavender Wilson
18th Bn. Australian Infantry. A. I. F.
20th September 1917, aged 31.
Buried at Sanctuary Wood cemetery : Plot II. C. 2.
Son of Thomas and Agnes Eve Wilson, of, "Corsica," Clifford Avenue, Manley, New South Wales. Born at Surrey Hills, New South Wales.
A warehouseman's indent clerk of Ashfield, NSW, prior to enlistment, he embarked on 25 October 1916 with the 17th Reinforcements. Lance Sergeant Wilson was wounded at Polygon Wood and died of these wounds on 20 April 1917, aged 31 years.
He was badly wounded in the side by a shell near Anzac House, Polygon Wood and died before he could be taken to the dressing station. Oscar Wilson had been promoted to Lance Sergeant the day before he died.
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