WILSON, Richard Joseph
| Service Number: | T34697 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Guildford, Western Australia, 21 August 1905 |
| Home Town: | Scottsdale, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Agricultural Officer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 March 1966, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 May 1942: | Enlisted T34697 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date unknown: | Discharged T34697 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
On 19 May 1942, Richard Joseph Wilson (Service No:T34697) enlisted in Scottsdale, Tasmania with the ACMF and served with the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC).
Born in 1905 in Guildford WA, Dick was the youngest of five children of Richard John Wilson (b1862 in Dublic, Ireland) and his second wife Kate (Katie) McKenzie (b1869 in Fremantle, WA). Richard arrived in Fremantle, WA with his father in 1864 on board the Strathmore. Richard worked as a Station Hand at Millstream Pastoral Station in Roebourne and then as Barman and Manager of the Jubilee Hotel in Roebourne. In 1896 in Perth WA, Richard married Katie (a Hospital Matron) and they settled in Guildford where they raised their family and Richard was a Grocer, Brickmaker, Councillor, Road Board Secretary and Mayor. In 1908 Richard and Katie moved to Ferguson River via Bunbury where Richard was a Farmer, and in 1920 moved again to Australind where he was a Farmer.
Dick completed Agricultural College and settled in Wagin where he was Farmer in 1932 when he married Genevieve (Gel) Harriet Conway (b1900 in Geraldton, WA). Dick and Gel lived at the Agricultural College in Muresk, where Dick was Farm Manager before moving to Scottsdale in Tasmania in the late 1930s, where Dick was an Agricultural Officer. In the early 1950s Dick and Gel moved to Melbourne, Victoria where Dick was a Manager and Proprietor unitl his death in 1966. Gel died in 1984.
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