WILSON, Hector Rupert
Service Numbers: | SX22142, S62030 |
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Enlisted: | 31 July 1942, Mount Pleasant, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots |
Born: | Williamstown, South Australia, 23 April 1912 |
Home Town: | Blanchetown, Mid Murray, South Australia |
Schooling: | Williamstown, Primary School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic - Fisherman |
Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, 15 April 1975, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Waikerie General Cemetery, SA Path No. 30 |
Memorials: | Blanchetown District of Blanchetown WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
31 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, SX22142 | |
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31 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, S62030 | |
31 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Mount Pleasant, SA | |
31 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22142 | |
24 Dec 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, 2 Bulk Petrol Storage Company | |
10 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22142 | |
10 Jan 1946: | Discharged |
Williamstown boy
Hector Rupert WILSON was born at Williamstown, SA, the fourth child and second son of Rupert Eva and Helen Wilson.
Rupert moved to Blanchetown where he earned his living as a fisherman as did his older brother George William WILSON.
He married Evelyn ROLTON who is listed on his army records as next of kin and they lived at Blanchetown after the war.
Hector and Evelyn had 5 children, Robert, Trevor, Brian, Carolyn and Janine.
Hector died 15 April, 1975 and is buried in the Waikerie Cemetery.
Submitted 4 December 2020 by Kathleen Emms