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WILSON, William Walter

Service Number:	2400
Enlisted:	16 May 1916, Roma, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

16 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2400, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Roma, Qld.
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2400, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2400, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
18 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Robert Oswald Collins.