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Thomas WILSON

Regimental number6871
Place of birthPortadown, Co. Armagh, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCook
AddressBundaberg, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation43
Height5' 4"
Weight112 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ann Eliza Wilson, Wynnum South, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 April 1917
Place of enlistmentMaryborough, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 1 November 1917
Discharge date10 July 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Sydney, 14 June 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 26 August 1917; marched into 7th Training Bn, Rollestone, 27 August 1917.

Admitted 2nd Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 October 1917 (overage and chronic bronchitis).

Commenced return to Australia (invalid) on board HT ‘Anchises’, 1 November 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 31 January 1918; discharged (medically unfit) 10 July 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILSON Thomas

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