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WILLSON, Albert Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 74 |
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Enlisted: | 7 October 1899 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 1876 |
Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Rensburg, South Africa, Rensburg, Colesberg Area, Cape Colony, South Africa, 10 February 1900 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Sale Boer War Memorial, Sale RSL Private A H Wilson Memorial Plaque |
Service History
Boer War Service
7 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 74, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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28 Oct 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 74, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Medic | |
10 Feb 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 74, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Herbert WILLSON was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1876
His parents were Ambrose Spitty WILLSON & Fanny Herbert MATTHEWS