Rupert Gill WILCOCKS

WILCOCKS, Rupert Gill

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Dec 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    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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    Biography 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.

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