Sergeant Horace Patrick Wilson
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service number
- 157
- Decorations
- Military Medal
- Unit
- 16 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Died of Wounds
- Place of death
- Amiens, France
- Date of death
- 26 June 1918
- Age
- 22
- Plaque number
- M102A
- Co-located plaques
- M102 - PTE Maurice O'Keeffe
- Dedicated by
- Family on 16 May 2015
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Sergeant Horace Patrick Wilson MM was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1896 to Kenneth and Elizabeth Wilson.
Subsequently they moved to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia with Horace’s brother and sister. Later, Horace was sent to Clontarf Orphanage in Victoria Park.
On finishing school, he was employed as an orchardist in Darlington where he was to meet his best mates, Reuben Mehew and Charlie Mumme.
All three joined up and following initial training at Blackboy Hill Military Camp and in Egypt they landed at Gallipoli. It was here that he lost his friend Reuben.
By this time Horace had been promoted to corporal and, with Charlie, went off to France and the Western Front.
In 1916, Horace was wounded in action. In all, he was wounded three times by 1918 and had been awarded the Military Medal for bravery and leadership.
Sergeant Horace Patrick Wilson MM, service number 157 of 16 Battalion, was killed in action at Amiens, France on 26 June 1918. He was 22 years of age.
He is buried at St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France.