WYLLY, Guy George Egerton
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1900, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 17 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Hobart Hutchins School, Tasmania Australia and St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Army Officer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Camberley, Surrey, England, 9 January 1962, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woking Crematorium, Surrey, England Cremated - Memorial |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Hutchins School Boer War Honour Roll, Keith Payne VC Memorial Park, North Bondi War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Jan 1900: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 26 Apr 1900: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, Officer, 5th Imperial Bushmen | |
| 26 Apr 1900: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2) |
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Wylly, Guy George Egerton (1880–1962)
by A. J. Sweeting
Guy George Egerton Wylly, army officer, was born on 17 February 1880 in Hobart, son of Edward Arthur Egerton Wylly, an Indian Army officer, and his wife Henrietta Mary, née Clerk. As an infant Guy went to India with his parents. In 1885 the family settled at Sandy Bay, Hobart, where he attended The Hutchins School before completing his education at the Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide.
On 26 April 1900 Wylly embarked from Hobart as a lieutenant with the 3rd (1st Tasmanian Imperial) Contingent. After its arrival in South Africa, the unit was absorbed into the 4th Imperial Bushmen which by August was constantly under enemy fire in small engagements. On 1 September he had command of a troop of bushmen escorting a foraging party near Warmbad, Transvaal. Scouting ahead, he and seven others rode into an ambush in a narrow gorge: six men were wounded, including Wylly. Corporal E. S. Brown was hit in the leg and unhorsed. Wylly went to his aid, gave him his horse, then opened fire from behind a rock, enabling Brown and other men to withdraw, before he made his own escape. For his gallantry Wylly was awarded the Victoria Cross. Trooper J. H. Bisdee won the V.C. during the same action.
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