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	Launceston Paddington
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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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