WILSON, Robert Creigh
| Service Number: | 385 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sunbury State School 1002, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 13 August 1961, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Sunbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 385, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 385, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 385, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Robert Creigh WILSON was born in Sunbury in 1884.
He was living in Sunbury when he enlisted on 22/7/1916 in Melbourne. He listed his occupation as Labourer.
He left Australia on 19/9/1916 aboard the HMAT Commonwealth as part of the 6th MG Company reinforcements.
He was transferred to the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion as a driver and fought with this group until 21/1/1918 when he was kicked by a mule and damaged his patella.
After recovering he returned to Australia on 17/2/1919 and was discharged on 27/3/1919.
He commenced working at the Sunbury Asylum and stayed there for the rest of his working life.
Robert died on 13/8/1961 and is remembered at the Fawkner cemetery.