Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Eliot Gratton Wilson
Eliot Gratton Wilson's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Eliot Gratton Wilson
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: 6. Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
War Grave Register notes: WILSON, Lt. Eliot Gratton. Mentioned in Despatches. 8th Light Horse Regt. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Age 22. Son of John Gratton Wilson and Alexandra Frances Wilson, of Ierne, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. Native of Minehead, England. 5.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Eliot Gratton Wilson from The AIF Project:
| Place of birth | Minehead, Somerset, England |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Grazier |
| Address | Farnham Park, Warrnambool |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Next of kin | Father, Mr Wilson, Farnham Park, Warrnambool |
| Enlistment date | 21 September 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) | Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916). |
| Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1915 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 5), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Gratton and Alexandra Frances WILSON |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Victorian Mounted Rifles, 2nd Battalion (West)
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Gallipoli CampaignBattles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Eliot Gratton Wilson
