WILSON, Frank Urwin
| Service Number: | 3198 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1948, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-19. 28. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3198, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3198, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3198, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3198, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW left thigh | |
| 6 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3198, 56th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW left buttock and leg | |
| 28 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3198, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 16th February 1948, Private Frank Urwin Wilson, also known as Wass, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3198), miner from 76 Laman Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. METHODIST 4-19. 28.
Born at Lithgow, New South Wales on the 22nd April 1883 to Francis and Margaret Ann Wilson (Moore) of Thornton, N.S.W., Wass enlisted October 1916 at Rutherford, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 26.9.1917 (GSW left thigh, mild), 2.9.1918 (SW left buttock, right leg), Frank was invalided home January 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 28th February 1919.
I have not located Mr Wilson’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies on Frank’s white marble Commonwealth War Graves headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge 14/2/1948.
Lest We Forget.
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