2444 Ralph WILSON

Date of enlistment	9^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	Transferred to 49^th Battalion
Significant events while with the AIF	Died of Wounds Wounded in Action twice Hospitalised sick twice

Buried at Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme

Summary of Private Wilson’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
27^th April 1918	France	Died of Wounds
26^th April 1918	France	Wounded in Action (2nd occasion) – gunshot wound forearm and abdomen, admitted to 47^th CCS
25^th March 1918	France	Re-joined unit
7^th March 1918	France	To hospital sick – scabies
23^rd October 1917	France	Re-joined unit
15^th October 1917	France	To hospital sick – septic knee
6^th August 1917	France	Re-joined unit
20^th July 1917	France	Proceeded overseas to France via Southampton
30^th May 1917	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
26^th March 1917	England	Absent without leave Perham Down. Award of 7 days CC plus forfeit of 3 days pay
12^th December 1916	England	Transferred to Bulford
7^th September 1916	England	Admitted 5^th Southern General Hospital Portsmouth
6^th September 1916	France	Embarked for England on Hospital Ship Asturias
4^th September 1916	France	Admitted 8^th General Hospital Rouen
3^rd September 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound to leg, and transferred to 49^th Casualty Clearing Station
12^th June 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
5^th June 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the HMT Arcadian
25^th February 1916	Egypt	Transferred to 49^th Battalion
19^th January 1916	Egypt	Transferred to 9^th Battalion
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
4^th August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
21^st July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot