Herbert John WILSON

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WILSON, Herbert John

Service Number:	1798
Enlisted:	22 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1883
Home Town:	Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Waratah Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Arms And Thigh , Sw Face, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 27 July 1916, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Albert Communal Extension Cemetery Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot I Row K Grave 16, Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert, Picardie, France, Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Waratah Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

22 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1798, 17th Infantry Battalion
28 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1798, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1798, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.

104 years ago today, on the 26th July 1916, Private Herbert John Wilson, 17th Battalion, labourer (Engineering Department, B.H.P. Steelworks), of 6 Bowker Street, Georgetown, New South Wales, died of wounds received during the Battle of Pozieres, age 23 years 4 months.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1680850
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
See Red Cross Wounded and Missing - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1474073

Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 15th March 1893 to John Thomas (died 1937 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134950007) and Alice Euphemia (died 1939 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133733962, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133730217) Wilson, Herbert enlisted May 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137210216

Wounded in action - 26.7.1916 (shell wound face, thigh & both arms - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133879124), Mr Wilson is now resting at the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot I Row K Grave 16. (photo courtesy of Dennis Oldenhove).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133838601
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133841101

Herbert’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Waratah Methodist Church Roll of Honour and the Waratah Park Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 23rd February 1921).

There is no memorial inscription on the headstone of Herbert’s parents to tell us of the loss of their son, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies to honour Herbert’s supreme sacrifice during The Great War for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=17905#2

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