John WILSON

WILSON, John

Service Number: NX55515
Enlisted: 29 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1901
Home Town: Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness - Dysentry, Burma, 25 June 1943, aged 42 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Plot A10, Row E, Grave 11, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX55515
29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX55515, Enlisted at Paddington, New South Wales
29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX55515, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Streeet address of wife was 42 Huntington Street, Crowsnest, NSW

6 March 1941 - Taken on strength

30 May 1941 - Disembarked at Singapore

6 February 1942 - Embarked for Java from Singapore

11 February 1942 -  Disembarked Java

24 November 1943 - Taken Prisoner of War