WILSON, George Colin Campbell
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | University of Queensland |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 7 July 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot I, Row B, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 2, University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 7 Jul 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-07-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Thornhill Campbell Wilson and Jinnie Wilson, of Turner Avenue, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland.
Also served 4 years in Militia Cadets
20 July 1916 - Disembarked at Plymouth
7 August 1916 - Taken on strength 11 Battalion
1 May 1917 - Taken on strength 41 Battalion
12 May 1917 - Promoted to Lieutenant
7 July 1917 - Wounded in action
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. G. T. C. Wilson, Mark-street, New Farm, has received a letter from Chaplain Captain A. A. Mills, who writes : "I desire to express my deep sympathy with you and your family in the great loss you have sustained by the death of your son, Lieutenant G. C. C. Wilson, who died shortly after being wounded in the head on July 7, 1917. I was on duty as chaplain at the aid post when the stretcher bearers brought your son down. The wound which he had received had rendered him at once unconscious. Although the doctor knew the case was most serious, he thought your son had a chance, so he did his utmost for him, and sent the case on with all speed to the dressing station at the rear. Unfortunately death took place upon the way. The body was later laid to rest in the military cemetery at the rear of our lines, where the grave is numbered, and will be marked with a memorial cross. It was my privilege to become well acquainted with Lieutenant Wilson on the troopship which brought us from Australia. For a little while we shared a room at camp at Lark Hill, England. These opportunities brought me to know and admire the manly qualities that your son possessed. Since coming across to join us in the line your lad proved his value as an officer. He was brave and keen, and quickly won the esteem of his men and the confidence of his superior officers. He gave promise of travelling far in his military career. That career, however, has been suddenly terminated, and we now mourn the loss of a true friend and a brave officer. Yours, how ever, is the greater loss. May the knowledge that your son so nobly served and so bravely died in a worthy cause afford some measure of consolation to you and yours in the dark hour of bereavement."
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