Joseph Daniel WILSON MM

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Service Number:	1869
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 1889
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	State school teacher.
Died:	9 December 1967, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 1869, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 1869, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
24 Apr 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Military Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At CORBIE on the night of the 24th/25th April, 1918, though badly gassed he carried on repairing telephone lines during an intense gas shell and H.E. bombardment. Nearly one hundred breaks were repaired and it was largely due to his untiring devotion to duty and self sacrifice that the Brigade was not at any time out of touch with Division or any of its units. It was only after he had been on duty continuously for over twenty four hours that he reported to the Field Dressing Station and then not until he had been given an order to do so by his O.C.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15 Date: 4 February 1919

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