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Rupert Gill WILCOCKS

Date of birth18 December 1899
Place of birthSt Kilda, Victoria
OccupationMedical student
Address338 St Kilda Street, Elsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, P P Wilcocks, 338 St Kilda Street, Elsternwick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Melbourne University Rifles, Citizen Military Forces. Passed through all NCO ranks; attended Officer Training School, Broadmeadows; Signaller Engineers camp, and 3 CMF camps.
Enlistment date23 December 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameAustralian Flying Corps, No 4 Squadron, A Flight
AWM Embarkation Roll number8/7/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Omrah on 17 January 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
FateDischarged 28 June 1918
Discharge date28 June 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Melbourne, 17 January 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 27 March 1917.

On Command at 41st Reserve Squadron, Doncaster, for instruction, 2 April 1917.

Attached for instruction to 68th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, 4 June 1917.

Detached for instruction in aviation to 45th Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Castle Bromwich, 11 June 1917.

Marched in to AFC Details, Wendover, 13 October 1917.

Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, pending return to Australia, for appointment to be terminated for continuation of medical studies.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Tofua', 28 June 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 14 June 1918; appointment terminated (discharged: medically unfit; returned to Australia to complete medical studies), 28 June 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILCOCKS Rupert Gill

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