William Clark WILSON

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Service Number:	26
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Paisley, Scotland, 1890
Home Town:	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Paisley Grammar School, Scotland
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 June 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row K, Grave 13, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ithaca War Memorial

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 26, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
13 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 26, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 26, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 26, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 26 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-28

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Beatrice Street, Paddington, QLD

Son of J.D. and Catherine McGregor Wilson of Paisley, Scotland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served with the Paisley Yeomanry for 3 years before requesting a discharge