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John Cannon WILSON

Regimental number576
Place of birthScotland
ReligionBaptist
OccupationMiner
AddressCessnock, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Dorothy Wilson, Cessnock, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLII, Row C, Grave No. 4), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Ann Keiler WILSON; Wife: Dorothy WILSON, Le Mont Durand, St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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