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| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.24 |
| Collection number | PR82/119 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 53 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
British Government Commonwealth Government of Australia Dunstan, Donald Beaumont United States Department of Defense Unknown Wilton, John Gordon Noel |
| Place made | Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia: New South Wales, India, India: Uttar Pradesh |
| Date made | 1926-1981 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1920-1929 Period 1980-1989 Korea, 1953-1957 (Post-Armistice service - ceasefire monitoring) |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 1 of 2 - Papers relating to life and service of Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton, 1926 - 1981
Wilton, John G N (General, KBE, CB, DSO, Chief of the General Staff, AMF b.1910 - d.1981)
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Description
Papers relating to the life, Second World War, and Korean War service of General Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton.
Wallet 1 of 2 - This wallet contains official papers relating to General Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton's service with the British Army in India, and the 2/4 Australian Field Regiment during the Second World War, his appointment to the Australian Military Mission at Washington in 1945, as well his involvement with the Aboriginal Treaty Committee after his retirement from the Army in November 1970.
This wallet also contains the following items: Wilton's intermediate school certificate issued by the NSW Department of Education in May 1926; and a photocopy of a eulogy for General Sir John Wilton that was read by Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan from the Department of Defence at Wilton's funeral on 14 May 1981.
History / Summary
Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton died at his home in Canberra on 10 May 1981.