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Frank Owen Turner WILSON

Regimental number2420
Place of birthCamperdown, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address12 Union Street, South Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Frank Wilson, Weerite, Victoria
Enlistment date29 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialToronto Avenue Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 4), Warneton, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Helen WILSON
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2015 Corporal George Wesley WILSON, 21st Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919; 5481 Pte Frank Clements WILSON, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919; 12437 Driver Colin WILSON, 10th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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