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WILSON, James Tweedie
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1272, 1272A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pumpherston, Midlothian, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 October 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, I.O.O.R. Kurri Kurri Tent No 64 Pictorial HR, Kurri Kurri War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1272, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1272, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 22 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1272A, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1272A awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-22 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 21 and the son of John Grant Wilson and Mary Wilson (nee Byron), of "Linwood", Brunker St., Kurri Kurri, New South Wales.
Pumpherston is a small dormitory village in West Lothian, Scotland. Originally a small industrial village to the nearby shale mine and works, it now adjoins the new town of Livingston, which was constructed alongside Pumpherston in the late 1960s and quickly grew much larger than its neighbours.