Topic: AIF - 2B - 6 LHR
6th LHR, AIF
6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Harry Noel Wilson
Harry Noel Wilson
Service number: 2241
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 6th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: WILSON, Tpr. Harry Noel, 2241. 6th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 16. Son of James Charles and Ruth Wilson, of Coonamble, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. B. 36.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Harry Noel Wilson from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 2241 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Drover |
Address | Box 21, Coonamble, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, James Wilson, Box 21, Coonamble, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | 2 December 1915 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 16 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 16), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Charles and Ruth WILSON, Coonamble, New South Wales |
Other details | War service: Egypt Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 6th LHR, Roll of Honour, Harry Noel Wilson