Lieutenant Wilmot Hudson Fysh

Service number 415
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Private
Birth Date 07/01/1895
Birth Place Australia: Tasmania, Launceston
Death Date 06/04/1974
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
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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Timeline

Date of birth 07/01/1895 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.
Date of embarkation 20/10/1914 Embarked at Geelong.
Date of enlistment 25/08/1914
Other units 1914 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 26/08/1914 Enlisted as a private in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Other units 18/07/1916 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron and served at Gallipoli, and in Egypt and Palestine.
Date promoted 01/08/1916 Promoted to corporal.
Other units 06/07/1917 1 Squadron AFC.
Date commissioned 04/01/1917 Second lieutenant.
Date promoted 16/10/1917 Flying officer.
Date promoted 13/05/1917 Promoted to lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of discharge 16/06/1919
Date of honour or award 08/02/1919 Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Other 28/02/1919 Graduated as a scout pilot at Heliopolis.
Date returned to Australia 05/03/1919 Arrived at Port Sydney.
Other 1920 Founded Qantas.
Date of honour or award 01/06/1953 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of death 06/04/1974