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WILSON, Robert Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4519 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trucker / Miner |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4519, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4519, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4519, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4519, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4519, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 3 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4519, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Robert was wounded in action on 3 December 1916, suffering a gunshot wound to his left knee and received initial treatment at the 10th Casualty Clearing Station, before being admitted to the Stationary Hospital at Wimereux on 5 December. He was evacuated to England on 8 December and was admitted to the Military Hospital at Shornecliff. He was transferred to the 1st Auxillary Hospital on 26 June 1917 and from there to furlough between 28 June and 12 July, to report to Weymouth Depot on completion of furlough. Transferred on 18 July, he continued his recover at the No.1 Commonwealth Depot at Perham Downs. | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4519, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Robert Leslie Wilson returned to Australia on board HT ‘Somali’, leaving London on 1 June and disembarking in Australia on 8 July 1919 and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 22 August 1919 |
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