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239126 Sgt. William Joseph Wilson Australian Amy Medical Corps 14th Field Ambulance from:West Guildford, Western Australia (d.25th Sep 1918) William Wilson was born about 1875 in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. He was educated St Josephs Convent, Subiaco. He enlisted aged 40 in Perth, WA, on the 7th of February 1916. He is described as 5feet 6inches, 125 lbs, Fair complexion, Brown eyes, Brown hair and gave his religion as Church of England. His usual occupation was as a Blacksmith for the Western Australian Railways, and he lived in Brooke St, West Guildford, WA. He gave his next of kin as his wife, Edith Evelyn Weston, they had married in 1899 in Fremantle, WA and had children Evelyn, Thelma, Alwyn His Parents were George Robert and Phoebe, he had a brother Edward Charles Wilson and sister O W Roberts (nee Wilson) William embarked from Fremantle, onboard A39 Port Macquarie on the 13th of October 1916. On the 4th of January 1917 he proceeded overseas to France from England, on the Princesse Clementine and on the 9th of January 1917 was posted to 1st Australian General Hospital. He transferred to the 14th Field Ambulance on the 13th of September 1917. William was wounded in action suffering from the effects of gassing (Laryngitis and acutely inflamed eyes) on the 16th of October 1917 and was transferred to England for treatment. He rejoined his unit in France on the 16th of April 1918, but only a few days later was sent to to hospital sick suffering from Enteritis. He was treated an swiftly returned to his unit. On the 25th of September 1918 he was killed in action at, Bullecourt, France, 11:30am (aged 42 years), whilst stretcher bearing. Effects returned to wife were a pocket book, devotional book, hat badge, collar badge, wound stripe, cards, menu. William is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery (4.5 miles from Peronne, Bellicourt, France). He was thought of as brave, most daring and conscientious soldier who always did his duty. Rhonda Hogan Add to this record.    Related Content: Royal Army Medical Corps Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.