Francis William WILSON

Birthplace
Sydney NSW
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Labourer
Enlisted
14-August-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
30
Status
Married
Service No
3962
Rank
Private
Unit
9th Battalion, 12th Reinforcements
Embarked
30-December-1915
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Egypt, Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
12-November-1917
Place
Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
Notes

Name on ROH: F.G. WILSON

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

 

Francis Wilson arrived in France in April 1916. He was wounded in action in February 1917 and admitted to Rouen Hospital, re-joining his unit in Belgium in October. On 4 November near Broodseinde Ridge, he was wounded in action and evacuated to the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds eight days later.