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WHISH - WILSON, Frederick McCausland
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | T6595, T6595 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 12 Field Regiment |
| Born: | Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, 18 April 1920 |
| Home Town: | Roger River, Circular Head, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawmill Hand |
| Died: | Smithton, Tasmania, Australia , 28 September 1985, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Circular Head Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, T6595, 12 Field Regiment | |
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| 20 Oct 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, T6595, 12 Field Regiment | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, T6595, 12 Field Regiment |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Frederick, born 1920 in Scottsdale, Tasmania was the eldest of seven children of Cosmo McCausland Colquhuon Whish - Wilson (born 1890 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Helena Mary Crole (born 1898 in Bunbury, Western Australia). Cosmo was a Farmer.
Younger brother Cosmos served with the RAAF (Service No: 88087) during WWII.
Frederick married Edith Lillian Cox (born 1921 in Sisters Creek, Tasmania) in 1942 and they settled at Circular Head in Darwin, Tasmania where Frederick worked as a Millman.
Frederick died in 1985 in Smithton, Tasmania