Hamilton Howard WILSON

Regimental number1006
Place of birthLeopold, Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationClerk
Address8 Williams Road, Windsor, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, T H Wilson, 8 Williams Road, Windsor, Victoria
Previous military service22nd Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentBombardier
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burial????? New Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Heron and Bessie WILSON, 8 Williams Road, Windsor, Victoria
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 19
Date: 14 February 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal