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WILSON, William Hawdon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 31167 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Mount Colah, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31167, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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19 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31167, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
19 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31167, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
23 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 22nd Field Artillery Brigade (Howitzer) | |
26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 31167, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Multiple wounds shrapnel wounds to both arms. Transferred to England aboard HS Jan Brydel on 4 October 1917 | |
30 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31167, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Claude L. Wilson and Mary I. Wilson of 'Kildoran', Mount Colah, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 as wounded aboard HT Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal