Lenah Valley RSL

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Charles Douglas "Poppy" Wilson

Born: 03-04-1919

Died: 01-10-2005


Life Member-Club 0


LVRSL: Patron 2002, 2004 and 2005


LVRSL: Committee 2003


LVRSL: Life Member-Club (unsure of year)


Charles Douglas Wilson     Source: LVRSL records 2008


"Charles was born on the 3rd April 1918 in Zeehan Tasmania. He attended school at Campbell Street until he was thirteen years old. His first job was in a wood-yard and the as a trucker driver/ mechanic. He enlisted in the army and was part of the first group to leave from Hobart Railway Station on 20th October 1939 for the Brighton Camp.


From there he was shipped to England on the Queen Mary troopship via Capetown. He witnessed the Battle of Britain and was then transferred to North Africa and then Tobruk. Here he became one of the legendary ‘Rats of Tobruk’


He was injured by a landmine and transferred to the 15th Scottish Hospital in Cairo, before being transferred home in 1942.


Charles has been a member of the RSL for 61 years, 18 years at Lenah Valley RSL.


Charles Douglas Wilson TX79"


Source: LVRSL records 2008

Service: Australian Army

Service Number: TX79

World War Two Service


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Name WILSON, CHARLES DOUGLAS
Service Australian Army
Service Number TX79
Date of Birth 03 Apr 1919
Place of Birth ZEEHAN, TAS
Date of Enlistment 20 Oct 1939
Locality on Enlistment HOBART, TAS
Place of Enlistment HOBART, TAS
Next of Kin WILSON, A
Date of Discharge 21 Jul 1942
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 2/12 INFANTRY BATTALION
Prisoner of War No
Honours None for display

Source: World War Two Nominal Roll: https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=777116&c=WW2


Link to World War Two Nominal Roll: https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=777116&c=WW2


Link to National Archives of Australia (NAA) Record Search: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/
* National Archives of Australia NAA: B883, Wilson C D
* National Archives of Australia NAA: B883, Wilson C D