Rupert Crawford WILSON

Regimental number5261
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressCorowa, St Georges Road, Elsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Miss M Wilson, St Georges Road, Elsternwick, Victoria
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Row B, Grave No. 44), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Bruce and Mary Ann WILSON
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal