Jack Stanley WILSON

WILSON, Jack Stanley

    Service Number: 23417
    Enlisted: 31 July 1939
    Last Rank: Able Seaman
    Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    Born: Adelaide, SA, 29 July 1919
    Home Town: Parkside, Unley, South Australia
    Schooling: Gilles Street School
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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    World War 2 Service

    31 Jul 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23417, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Thomas and Eva Minnie Wilson, of Parkside, South Australia.

    A.B. Jack Stanley Wilson, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, of Jeffrey street, Parkside, was a keen cricketer and footballer. Educated at Gilles  Street School, he was learning to be a blacksmith at the Grenfell Street Trades' School before enlisting in the navy.

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