Alfred Ernest WILSON

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WILSON, Alfred Ernest

Service Numbers:	2662, 2662B
Enlisted:	2 October 1916, 93rd Infantry
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Seymour, Tasmania, Australia, September 1893
Home Town:	Mount Seymour, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 April 1918
Cemetery:	Meteren Military Cemetery Meteren Military Cemetery, Meteren, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2662, 40th Infantry Battalion, 93rd Infantry
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2662, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2662, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
16 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
23 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 2662B, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2662B awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-23

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gillian Wilson

Pte Alfred Ernest Wilson, 1893-1918 SERN 2662. Eldest son of James Wilson and Emily Isabella (nee Steedman) from 'Woodstock' Mount Seymour. He enlisted when he was 23 (a couple of months after his younger brother George had enlisted) and was killed in Action 18 months later while serving with the 12th Battalion in France.

Two of his youngest brothers enlisted a few months after Alf's death but did not leave Tasmania due to the cessation of hostilities.

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