WILSON, John Robert
| Service Number: | 1928 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 1890 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burke War School |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula II L 1, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Railwaytown War Memorial, Broken Hill War Memorial, Broken Hill Zinc Corporation Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1928, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1928, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles and Caroline Wilson, of Byron Rd., Black Forest, Adelaide, South Australia. Native of Broken Hill. New South Wales
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN JACK DEAR FOR TRUE LOVE NEVER DIES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
WILSON.-August 6, at the Dardanelles, killed in action, Private John Robert Wilson, 12th Battalion, second son of Caroline and the late Charles Wilson, Broken Hill, aged 25 years. He answered the call.
PRIVATE J. R. WILSON,
who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 6, belonged to the Third Brigade, 12th Infantry, A.I.F. His widowed mother resides in Gaffney street, Railway Town. A correspondent describes Private J. R. Wilson as a fine, manly young fellow, strong and courageous. He was one of a party of Australians who volunteered to take a difficult trench from the Turks some time back, and was successful. He was educated at the Burke Ward School, being a schoolmate of the late Lieutenant Byrne and Privates Boyce and Nankivell. A brother-in-law of Private Wilson (Private H. Worthly, of Hindmarsh) lost his left hand at the Dardanelles. Private Wilson was employed on the South Blocks mine before enlisting. He was a native of Broken Hill, and would have been 26 years of age on October 9.
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