WILSON, Leslie Wallace
| Service Number: | 2944 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, 10 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Multiple GSW to back, legs, buttock, Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 31 May 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton Borough Cemetery, East Sussex, England Section/Row ZIF, Grave 99, Brighton City Cemetery (Bear Road), Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli Roll of Honour, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial , Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2944, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), DoW - G.S.W. multiple Buttock and both legs. | |
| 31 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2944 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 31st May.... LCpl Leslie Wallace Wilson was born at Sheffield, Tasmania in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 16th July, 1915 as a 23 year old, single, Grocer from Woonona, NSW.
Private Leslie Wallace Wilson embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 30th September, 1915 with the 2nd Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements.
Private Wilson joined 2nd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 6th January, 1916. He embarked from Alexandria on 22nd March, 1916 & arrived in France on 28th March, 1916.
Private Wilson was sent to Field Ambulance on 20th May, 1916 with a Septic Arm, Scabies & Tonsillitis. He was later transferred to Hospital at Wimereux then transferred to England on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel with Scabies – severe.
Private Wilson was admitted to Chatham Military Hospital, England on 22nd June, 1916 with Scabies & discharged on 28th August, 1916.
Private Wilson was posted to No. 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England on 30th August, 1916. He embarked for France on 23rd September, 1916 & rejoined 2nd Battalion in Belgium on 5th October, 1916.
Private Wilson was sent sick to Field Ambulance on 6th December, 1916. He rejoined 2nd Battalion on 8th December, 1916.
Private Leslie Wallace Wilson was appointed Lance Corporal on 9th April, 1917.
Lance Corporal Leslie Wallace Wilson was wounded in action in France on 7th May, 1917. He was admitted to Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to right thigh then transferred to Hospital at Boulogne. Lance Corporal Wilson was invalided to England on Hospital Ship St. Andrew on 14th May, 1917 with multiple G.S.W.
Lance Corporal Wilson was admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England on 15th May, 1917 with multiple shrapnel wounds.
Lance Corporal Leslie Wallace Wilson died at 10.20 am on 31st May, 1917 at Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England from wounds received in action – G.S.W. (gunshot wounds) multiple Buttock and both legs.
He was buried in Brighton City (Bear Road) Cemetery, East Sussex, England where 28 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
From the Red Cross Wounded & Missing File - Lieutenant S. N. Telfer, 2nd Battalion D. Company gave the following witness account “…..At Hermies in April, 1917 he was moving from one post to another on a very dark and muddy night when a stray shell wounded him in the leg. It was a “whizbang.” Sergeant McPhee and I were both Sergeants at the time. We went out and found him in a shell hole and brought him in to near our post and rang up Headquarters for stretcher bearers who carried him back. I had never heard of his death till I saw the book. He was very severely wounded but conscious and very game. He was tall, medium complexion and on the slight side in build.”
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bear-road.html
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