Lieutenant Wilmot Hudson Fysh

Service number	415
Ranks Held	Lieutenant, Private
Birth Date	1895-01-07
Birth Place	Australia: Tasmania, Launceston
Death Date	1974-04-06
Death Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Paddington
Final Rank	Lieutenant
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	Australian Flying Corps No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Places	Launceston Paddington
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1919-02-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

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Date of birth	07 January 1895	CAS search criteria (h fysh or hudson fysh or wilmot hudson)
Other	1911	Served in the School Cadets with the 26th Light Horse Regiment and 70th Ballarat Infnatry.
Other units	1914	3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Date of enlistment	25 August 1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	26 August 1914	Enlisted as a private in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Date of embarkation	20 October 1914	Embarked at Geelong.
Other units	18 July 1916	1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron and served at Gallipoli, and in Egypt and Palestine.
Date promoted	01 August 1916	Promoted to corporal.
Date commissioned	04 January 1917	Second lieutenant.
Date promoted	13 May 1917	Promoted to lieutenant.
Other units	06 July 1917	1 Squadron AFC.
Date promoted	16 October 1917	Flying officer.
Date of recommendation honour or award	1918
Date of honour or award	08 February 1919	Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Other	28 February 1919	Graduated as a scout pilot at Heliopolis.
Date returned to Australia	05 March 1919	Arrived at Port Sydney.
Date of discharge	16 June 1919
Other	1920	Founded Qantas.
Date of honour or award	01 June 1953	Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of death	06 April 1974