WILSON, HERBERT WARD

Book of Remembrance entry

Teachers' Coll. (Lecturer); B.Sc. 11.3.15; sailed 17.6.15, Pte. 6th Btn.; to Gallipoli 1.11.15; to 58th Btn., Sgt., in Egypt 22.2.16; to France 17.6.16; to 5th Div. H.Q. as Gas Sgt. 1.7.16; 2/Lt. and Div. Gas Officer 13.8.16; Lieut. 14.2.17; Chemical Adviser to Anzac Corps H.Q. 20.4.17; T/Capt. 15.9.17; 5th Army H.Q. 28.6.18; Capt. Aust. Gas Services 1.7.18; Major 1.8.18; organised Agric. Chem. School, opened at Lille 17.12.18, for Officers and N.C.O's; acted as commandant of Special Conference of Soldier Teachers of the Dominions held in London under auspices of the League of Empire, February 1919. Awarded M.C. 3.6.18; O.B.E. 3.6.19; Despatches twice; French C. de G. Demob. 22.7.19.

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1877

Birth in Bradford -- Yorkshire, United Kingdom 29 September 1877
1894

Teacher at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 1894
1906

Tertiary education at Bairnsdale Technical School, Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia 1906
1908

Lecturer in Nature Study at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 1908
1910

Member of Gould League of Bird Lovers since 1910
1915

Military service as Private 11 March 1915
1919

Military service as Major 22 July 1919
1919

Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1919
1920

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1920
1920

Married 22 May 1920 at Camberwell [ VIC Australia ]
1924

Lecturer in Science at Melbourne Teachers Training College -- VIC, Australia 1924
1925

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1925
1943

Awarded Natural History Medallion 1943
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Lecturer in Botany at Parkville -- VIC, Australia
1955

Death in Caulfield -- VIC, Australia 1 October 1955

Gender

Male