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Robert WILSON

Regimental number1758
Place of birthAdelaide South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation45
Next of kinWife, Mrs Nelly Henrietta Wilson, 22 Symons Place off Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date29 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 April 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

At time of death he was a patient at Parkside Mental Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
Date of death5 January 1942
Age at death71
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia

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