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WILSON, Walter Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2476 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2476, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of J C and Sarah WILSON