Edward Roy WILSON

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WILSON, Edward Roy

Service Number:	667
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edwardstown, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Goodwood School & Unley High School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 November 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 667, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 667, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
15 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 667, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 667 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-15

Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE E. R. WILSON.

Private E.R. Wilson was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wilson, of Devon street, Goodwood. He sailed from the Outer Harbor on October 20, 1914, for Egypt. He was in the landing At Gallipoli, and after serving through the whole of that Campaign he was transferred to France and remained fighting up to the time of his death, which occurred in France on November 15, 1916. He was 21 yeare of age. He was educated at the Goodwood school and the Unley High School. His only brother is on active service." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 06 Jan 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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