Book of Remembrance entry
Listed at the back of the Book of Remembrance under Home and Munitions Service. Challis Chair of Anatomy. On the outbreak of war, Wilson was immediately called up with the rank of lieutenant-colonel to organize and command the censor's office, 2nd Military District (New South Wales). Ill health forced his retirement in December 1915; he was mentioned in military orders for 'meritorious services'. On 1 December 1917 he was recruited as an honorary adviser to the intelligence section, General Staff; he retired from the army in August 1920. From ADB entry
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1861Birth in Dumfriesshire --, Scotland 14 April 1861
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1883Tertiary education at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 1883
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1883Tertiary education at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 1883
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1890Challis Chair of Anatomy at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1890
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1890Married 4 Sep 1890 at Chalmers Presbyterian Church : Adelaide [ SA Australia ]
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1898Married 14 Sep 1898 at Woollahra [ NSW Australia ]
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1914Military service 1914
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1920Dean of Medicine at Camperdown -- Sydney, NSW, Australia 1920
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1920Chair of Anatomy at Cambridge --, England 1 August 1920
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?Resident House Surgeon at Edinburgh --, Scotland
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?Demonstrator in Anatomy at Edinburgh --, Scotland
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?Ship's Surgeon at China --, China
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1945Death in Cambridge --, England 2 September 1945
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