SMITH, Wilson
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Irvine, Scotland, 5 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Presbyterian Minister |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
MODERATOR-ELECT FROM CAIRNS
The Presbyterian Assembly yesterday elected the Rev. W. Wilson Smith, of Cairns, as Moderator-elect. He will notify the assembly this morning
whether he will accept the position. If he accepts, he will be installed at the next assembly, in May, 1938. The Rev. A. M. Martin, who arnounced the nomination of the council of ex-Moderators, said the selection had been unanimous. The Rev. R. Bardon said that Mr. Wilson Smith first became known to the Presbyterian Church in Queensland through a rich and cultured ministry at Toowong. His acceptance of a call to Cairns six years ago made a great impression on the assembly. 'I believe,' he said, 'that Mr. Wilson Smith has a contribution to give to the genius of our Church that will thrill all our people,' Mr. Wilson Smith is one of a family of ministers. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, son of a famous Presbyterian divine. Two of his brothers are ministers, and his sister married a minister. He responded to a call from Canada for home missionaries, and went out to service in the western wheat country. He studied there for the ministry, at Winnipeg and Montreal. 'RalphConnor' (Rev. C. W. Gordon), the Canadian author, was his minister for three years at Winnipeg. After his ordination, Mr. Wilson Smith came to Australia, and was minister at Sale, in Gippsland, for eight and a half years. From there he went to the war as a chaplain in the 37th Battalion. After his return he was minister at Yarraville, Melbourne. His next ministry was at Toowong, where he worked for eight and a half years.
While he was there he played an important part in the work of the welfare of youth department of the assembly.
The Courier-Mail Friday 28 May 1937 page 16
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