George Albert Theodore WILSON

WILSON, George Albert Theodore

Service Number: NX40214
Enlisted: 18 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born: Glen Innes, New South Wales, 31 December 1913
Home Town: Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wool buyer
Died: Killed in Action, At sea (Coral Sea), At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
At Sea, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

18 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX40214, Tamworth, New South Wales
18 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX40214, 12th Field Ambulance
14 May 1943: Involvement Private, NX40214, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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Biography

"...NX40214 Private George Albert Theodore Wilson, Australian Army Service Corps attached to the 2/12th Field Ambulance. A wool and skin buyer of Glen Innes, NSW, he enlisted in June 1940. Pte Wilson was killed in action when the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk on 14 May 1943." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)