WILCOCKS, Rupert Gill
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 23 December 1916 |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1894 |
Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Medical student |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
23 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | |
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17 Jan 1917: | Involvement No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
17 Jan 1917: | Embarked No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Left Melbourne, 17 January 1917 and arrived in England late March 1917. He was sent to the Royal Flying Corps 41st Reserve Squadron, Doncaster, for instruction, 2 April 1917 and graduated in May.
He was attached for instruction to 68th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, 4 June 1917. He was injured in aero accident May 1918. Returned to Australia appointment terminated (discharged: medically unfit; returned to Australia to complete medical studies) June 1918.