WILSON, Lachlan Chisholme
| Service Numbers: | 39, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Brigadier General |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Logan River, Queensland, 11 July 1871 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Coorparoo State School & Brisbane Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Died of Illness (prolonged), New Farm, Queensland, 7 April 1947, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Location: 8-9-1/2 - Buried with Nellie Grant & Elizabeth Nellie Hartley Wilson |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board, Coorparoo State School Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 39, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 29 Dec 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 39, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 13 Feb 1901: | Imprisoned POW at Swartz Kopjes, released 16/02/1901 | |
| 17 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 39, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Colonel, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 17 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Brigadier General, 5th Light Horse Regiment |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 39, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
"Lachlan Chisholm Wilson (1871-1947), lawyer and soldier, was born on 11 July 1871 at Logan River, Queensland, third child of Charles Wilson, farmer, and his wife Ann Mary, née Chisholm, both Scottish born. Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Wilson was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1895; he then practised at Townsville where he married Sydney-born Nellie Grant Hartley at St James's Anglican Pro-Cathedral on 27 June 1903.
He had fought in the South African War as a corporal in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent, serving in the advance to Johannesburg and Pretoria, the battle of Diamond Hill and other actions. Commissioned in the 15th Light Horse Regiment in 1904, he trained with other future leaders of the Light Horse under Lieutenant-Colonel (Sir) Harry Chauvel. Promoted major in 1911, Wilson was second-in-command of the Moreton Regiment after his return to Brisbane. There he entered into a partnership with E. K. Tully to form one of Queensland's leading law firms.
Joining the Australian Imperial Force as a major on 30 September 1914, in November Wilson transferred from the 7th Light Horse Regiment to the 5th (Queensland) Regiment of which he became second-in-command. He landed at Gallipoli in May 1915 and took charge of the 5th on 1 August after its commanding officer was killed. A lieutenant-colonel from that date, Wilson mounted a successful raid against Bird Trenches near Gaba Tepe on 23 August; in November, after repulsing a Turkish attack, he seized positions known thereafter as Wilson's Lookout.
In April 1916 he led the advance of the Anzac Mounted Division across the Suez Canal when the Turks attacked near Romani. Wilson took part in almost all the major engagements between the battle of Romani (4-5 August 1916) and the capture of Damascus (October 1918). He introduced the Queensland spear-point pump to obtain water in the desert: it was a portable device which could raise water quickly; with canvas troughs, it simplified the watering of the horses." - READ MORE LINK (adb.anu.edu.au)
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