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Cyril Talbot Melville WILSON

Regimental number482
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressSherwood Road, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs R M Wilson, Sherwood Road, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military service8th Infantry
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 3, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/8/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Company
FateDied of wounds 14 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLonguenesse Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 72), St Omer, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rose Mary and the late Walter Horatio WILSON
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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