Rex Kerslake WILSON DFM

WILSON, Rex Kerslake

Service Number: 407088
Enlisted: 27 May 1940, Adelaide
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 11 September 1919
Home Town: Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Rose Park Public, Prince Alfred College, Kent Town & Adelaide University, South Australia,
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, El Adem, Libya, Middle East, 9 December 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Sydney Commonwealth Bank Adelaide WW2 Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

27 May 1940: Involvement Sergeant, 407088
27 May 1940: Enlisted Adelaide
27 May 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407088
9 Dec 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407088, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Syria - Operation Exporter, ME Pool
20 Jan 1942: Honoured Distinguished Flying Medal
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Rex Kerslake WILSON was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 11th September, 1919

His parents were Norman WILSON & Mary Emmeline TILBROOK

Rex was considered an Air Ace Fighter Pilot and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal posthumously (see links for further details)

He died in a Flying Battle in the Middle East on 9th December, 1941 - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Alamein Memorial

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His brother Cecil Norman WILSON (SN SX 4092) served in the Australian Army during WW2 and was discharged in 1945

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Wilson DFM 407088 in Tomahawk AN457 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was shot down by a German fighter south of El Adem in Libya

He has an entry in the book "Aces High" by Christopher Shores