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Charles Agnew Corbett WILSON

Regimental number26792
Place of birthCape Town, South Africa
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address53 Lyndhurst Street, Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, P B Wilson, 53 Lyndhurst Street, Richmond, Victoria
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 3, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/91/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
FateKilled in Action 23 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 5), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Percy Benn and Jennie WILSON, 157 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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