WILSON, Ronald Keith
| Service Number: | 605 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 February 1916, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, 31 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 605, Devonport, Tasmania | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 605, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 605, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement 605, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 605 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 605, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vicki Purnell
Advice has been received by Mrs. J. H. Wilson, of East Devonport, regarding the death of her fourth son,
Sergt.-Major Ronald Keith Wilson, who was killed in action on October 12 last.
At first Sergt.-Major Wilson was posted as missing. The next information received was that he had been found in hospital, and now it is officially recorded that he was! killed on October 17 of last year. The deceased left with the 40th Battalion, and in one of his
letters stated that he had been awarded
a French military medal for bravery. He posted the medal to his mother by another mail, but it went down
with the ship as the result of enemy action.
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