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BILSON, David Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2858 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, 1888 |
Home Town: | Tara, Western Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | Undera State School & Wesley College |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium , 9 June 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2858, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2858, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
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Brother of Captain Alfred Osland Bilson MC (/explore/people/302202), returned.