William Hawdon WILSON

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Service Number:	31167
Enlisted:	16 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Mount Colah, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

16 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31167, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Dec 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 31167, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Dec 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 31167, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, RMS Orontes, Sydney
23 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 22nd Field Artillery Brigade (Howitzer)
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 31167, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Multiple wounds shrapnel wounds to both arms. Transferred to England aboard HS Jan Brydel on 4 October 1917
30 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31167, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of William Claude L. Wilson and Mary I. Wilson of 'Kildoran', Mount Colah, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 as wounded aboard HT Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal