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Thomas WILSON

Regimental number76
Place of birthChristchurch, New Zealand
SchoolMount Cook School, New Zealand
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationSalesman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8"
Weight131 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Clark Wilson, 140 Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
Previous military serviceVolunteer, 'D' Battery, New Zealand Garrison Artillery
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 19), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Clark and Jeanie WILSON
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 5 April 1915.

Wounded in action, Gallipoli.

Subsequently reported wounded and missing, 25 April - 2 May 1915.

Court of Enquiry held in the field, France, 5 June 1916, declared killed in action, 25 April - 2 May 1915 [two witnesses stated that he was hit in the head by shrapnel fire].

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsFull name: Thomas Clark WILSON
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILSON Thomas

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