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Sergeant JOHN WILSON

Service Number: 2032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Machine Gun Corps

5th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

III. J. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Peter and Adelaide Wilson. Native of Byron Bay, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE HATH FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND NOW LIVES A HIGHER AND NOBLER LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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