Service: Army 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion
Service number: VX58759
Locality on Enlistment: Barongarook
Duration of Service: 30 Jun 1941 – 2 Apr 1946
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 30 Jul 1921 Colac
Parents: Hugh Lamont WILSON and Mary Agnes YEATMAN
Spouse: No
School/s: Barongarook
Occupation: Woodcutter
Date and Place of Death: 23 Oct 1989 Colac
Place of Burial: Colac Cemetery
NOTES: Wilfred’s (Bill) service records show that he served in Ceylon and New Guinea. I remember him talking about being on the Kokoda Trail. He said that he slipped in the mud and at the same time the soldier behind him was hit by a sniper’s bullet. He worked as a dairyman and woodcutter after the war. (S.Hore, niece)