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Private WILLIAM JOHN WILSON

Service Number: 2946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 38.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Richardson Wilson and Annie Beatrice Wilson, of 16, Carr St. West, Perth, Western Australia. Native of Brighton, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription "SWEET IT IS TO HAVE DONE THE THING ONE OUGHT" TENNYSON
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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