Frederick McCausland WHISH-WILSON

WHISH-WILSON, Frederick McCausland

Service Numbers: T6595, T6595
Enlisted: 19 August 1940
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 12 Field Regiment
Born: Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, 18 April 1920
Home Town: Roger River, Circular Head, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sawmill Hand
Died: Smithton, Tasmania, Australia , 28 September 1985, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Circular Head Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia
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World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, T6595, 12 Field Regiment
20 Oct 1947: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, T6595, 12 Field Regiment
Date unknown: Involvement Sapper, T6595, 12 Field Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Frederick, born 1920 in Scottsdale, Tasmania was the eldest of seven children of Cosmo McCausland Colquhuon Whish - Wilson (born 1890 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Helena Mary Crole (born 1898 in Bunbury, Western Australia). Cosmo was a Farmer.

Younger brother Cosmos served with the RAAF (Service No: 88087) during WWII.

Frederick married Edith Lillian Cox (born 1921 in Sisters Creek, Tasmania) in 1942 and they settled at Circular Head in Darwin, Tasmania where Frederick worked as a Millman.

Frederick died in 1985 in Smithton, Tasmania

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