Trooper Reginald Joseph James Wilson

Service number 729
Ranks Held Private, Trooper
Birth Date 01/03/1898
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 07/08/1915
Death Place Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Gallipoli Peninsula
Final Rank Trooper
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
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Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
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Corporal Reginald James Joseph Wilson (729, 8th Light Horse Regiment) was born in Fitzroy, Victoria, on 1 March 1898. He was working in a warehouse when he enlisted on 2 October 1914 with his father's permission, claiming to be 19 years of age. James was killed in action at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, on 7 August 1915. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. James was 17 years 5 months at the time of his death. James' brother, Private Leslie William Wilson, also enlisted in 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion.

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Date of birth 01/03/1898
Date of enlistment 03/10/1914
Date of embarkation 12/02/1915
Date of fate 07/08/1915
Date of death 07/08/1915

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