WILSON, John
| Service Number: | 3480 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Alcoholism, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1949, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked 3480, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3480, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3480, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 3480, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Wilson
3480 Pte John E Wilson (Australian) B. 1893 D. 1949 A. 56 yrs. Was a champion bricklayer/builder. Saw service in the Militia Engineers before The Great War and then from Sept 1915 as a reinforcement and was posted to the 53rd Battalion in France in Feb 2016. Wounded in Action in July 1916 at the Battle of Fromelles and returned to active service in Oct 2017 but was never fully fit ever again. However, in July 1941 he signed up for service again with the Garrison Battalion in Sydney but was discharged as medically unfit in Dec 1942. He too suffered from chronic severe alcoholism, lung damage from mustard gas and PTSD and died in 1949.