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Francis  Wilson

Name on Board F Wilson
Name on Service
Records
Francis   Wilson
Enlistment Age 27
Occupation Locomotive Fireman
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin Jessie Elizabeth Wilson
Address 7 Station St, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status M
Enlistment Date 20/03/1916
Service No. 5703
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 25/09/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Shropshire A9
Unit on Embarkation 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 4/10/1917
Unit on Death 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Lance Corporal
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Brookseinde Ridge, Belgium (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
Additional Information Son: John Francis Wilson
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