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WILSON, Walter Roy

Service Number:	2476
Enlisted:	27 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Vic., 1897
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Coburg State School
Occupation:	Postal Employee
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2476, 5th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2476, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2476, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of J C and Sarah WILSON