WILSON, Eliot Gratton
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Minehead, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, 12 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial. Panel 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dennington War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Warrnambool Club Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 3 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916).
Address Farnham Park, Warrnambool
Enlistment date 21 September 1914
Rank on enlistment 2nd Lieutenant
8th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/13/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 25 February 1915
Age at embarkation 24.
Rank from Nominal Roll Lieutenant
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
His father served as a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps and returned to Australia-discharged 22 December 1918.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother also served:
Lieutenant James Andrew Gratton Wilson-Service Number 207, farmer of Warrnambool, Victoria who served with the 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron having enlisted on 19 August 1914 within days of the outbreak of war. He was awarded the Military Cross. He survived the Great War.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Eliot Gratton WILSON was born on 12th August, 1892 in Minehead, Somerset, England - his birth was registered in Williton, Somerset
His parents were John Gratton WILSON and Alexandra Frances SYMONS who married in Hackney in London in 1890
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