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WILSON, Jack Stanley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 23417 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
31 Jul 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23417, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.