Joseph Duncan (Bill) WILSON MM

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Service Numbers:	QX57794, Q27758
Enlisted:	19 September 1943
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 June 1921
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Commercial State High School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Solicitor
Died:	Organ failure, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 April 1997, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Wall 6 Row G The Queensland Garden of Remembrance is situated within the Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery at Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane
Memorials:

29 May 1943:	Honoured Military Medal, Awarded for courage and exemplary conduct during the Battle of Milne Bay during August 1942. Bill was a member of the 61st Infantry Battalion. Raised as a part of the Militia in 1938 in Brisbane.
19 Sep 1943:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX57794, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q27758
19 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX57794, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
24 Jul 1946:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q27758, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, also QX57794
24 Jul 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX57794, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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