James Leslie WILSON

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WILSON, James Leslie

Service Numbers:	405103, 405103
Enlisted:	6 January 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 108 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1916
Home Town:	Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer "Oringa" Quilpie Qld.
Died:	Flying Battle, Greece, 25 July 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Tiaro Shire Honour Roll WW2, Tiaro War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405103, No. 108 Squadron (RAF)
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405103, No. 108 Squadron (RAF)
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405103

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

James was the second of three sons of Alexander Cumming Wilson (born 1886 in Tiaro, QLD) and Elizabeth Ann McRobert (born 1892 in Tiaro, QLD). Alexander and Elizabeth married in 1913 in Maryborough, QLD and raised their three sons on the family farm - Mavisbank - at Tiaro in QLD.

James was a Sergeant (Service No: 405103) with 108 Squadron RAAF when his plane (Wellington IcHF844) crashed into the sea near Greece. Brother Andrew - a Sergeant with 2/26 Infantry Battalion - was a PoW of the Japanese; and older brother Thomas was a Sergeant (Service No: Q267213) in the ACMF.

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