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3rd Machine Gun Battalion Unit Patch

Unit Colour Patch of the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Australian Army, 1918-19. - This image of simple geometry is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

Unit Colour Patch of the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Australian Army, 1918-19.

William Rainnie WILSON

Roll of Service 1914-1918

William RainnieWILSON

Sergeant: 26th Australian Battalion, 16th Reinforcements, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 23rd Machine Gun Company, 5930

 

 

Personal Details

  • Roma,

    Queensland, Australia.

  • Brisbane,

    Queensland, Australia.

Service History

  • Official Service Number:

    Roma, Queensland, Australia. 5930

Medals

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  • British War Medal, was awarded for service between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.British War Medal
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23rd Machine Gun Company at Locre, Belgium, 26th January 1918

Group portrait of the officers and NCOs of the 23rd Machine Gun Company at Locre, Belgium. 26th January 1918 - Picture: Courtesy of Autralian War Memorial - Copyright expired - public domain.
'Group portrait of the officers and NCOs of the 23rd Machine Gun Company at Locre, Belgium.'

Identified back row from left to right: 40 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Thomas Copland from Newport, Victoria (killed in action in France on 8 June 1918); 5930 L Cpl William Rainnie Wilson from Roma, Queensland; 3072 L Cpl William John Dawson from Gympie, Queensland; 6035 L Cpl John Andrew Bannerman from Laidley, Queensland; 6711 L Cpl Percy Henwood Renfrey from Mitcham, South Australia; 428 L Cpl Frank Osman Gowing Tate from Moonee Ponds, Victoria; 426 L Cpl Francis William Ogg from Haberfield, NSW (killed in action in France on 8 August 1918); 466 L Cpl Ralph Handley from Rockhampton, Queensland; and 537 L Cpl Harry Thomas Burtenshaw from Cootamundra, NSW.

Middle row: 510 Corporal (Cpl) Edwin Oliver Gordon Milne from South Yarra, Victoria; 2779 Cpl Henry August Becker from Killarney, Queensland; 6275 Cpl William Thomas Clarke MM from Dalby, Queensland; 373 Sergeant (Sgt) Nesbitt Boyd Irwin from Balmain, NSW; 371 Sgt Leslie Ernest Hudson from Yass, NSW; 411B Sgt Hedley James Atkins from North Sydney, NSW; 128 Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Robert Ireland Robb from Enfield, NSW; 125 Sgt Charles Samuel Taylor from Ryde, NSW; 417 Sgt Charles Ernest Eisenhuth from Willbriggie, NSW; 3187 Sgt Mario McCarthy MSM from Wilston, Queensland; 426 Cpl Alfred Ernest Sinclair from Leichhardt, NSW; 420A Cpl Frederick Maurice Milton Kimber from Annandale, NSW; 546 L Cpl Kenneth John Jerome from Goodooga, NSW (partially obscured by Kimber and Easy); and 413 L Cpl Edmund Sydney George Easy from Haberfield, NSW.

Front row: Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Thompson from Narrogin, Western Australia; Lt Robert Lawrence Walker from Marrickville, NSW; Lt Cecil Spencer Ross from Marrickville; Capt David Adie Whitehead MC from Mosman, NSW; Lt Temple Graham from South Penrith, NSW; and Lt Ralph Bath Coleman from Waverley, NSW.
[Picture: Courtesy of Autralian War Memorial - Copyright expired - public domain.] Public Domain Mark 1.0

Locre, Belgium. 26 January 1918

Locre, Belgium. 26 January 1918 - Picture: Courtesy of Autralian War Memorial - Copyright expired - public domain.
'Locre, Belgium. 26 January 1918. Group portrait of the 23rd Machine Gun Company, at Locre.'

Left to right, back row (standing): 4577 Private (Pte) H. L. Pavy; 6035 Corporal (Cpl) J. A. Bannerman; 416 Pte H. E. A. Fowler; 6281 Pte L. Brown; 512 Pte G. W. Harland; 3075 Cpl G. Evans; 1140 Cpl W. J. Beeby MM; 441 Pte W. Brattan; 430A Pte Amos Alexander Braun; 2936 Pte W. Lawler (standing behind machine gun); 6711 Pte P. H. Renfrey; 636A Pte W. Cordwell; 6594 Cpl L. H. Neville; 6355 Pte B. E. Quinnell (partially obscured); 431A Pte H. C. Stuart; 6325 Pte H. L. Newland; 639 Pte J. G. A. Fitch; 641 Pte T. V. Gaynor; 671 Cpl A. Caldwell; 3489 Pte F. W. Oliver MM. 3140 Pte J. W. Sutherland.

Third row (standing): 490 Pte N. J. Thomas MM (slightly behind Connelly); 1806 A. J. Connelly; 708 Pte N. W. Riffey; 1292 Pte P. M. O'Keefe; 3072 Cpl W. J. Dawson; 2910 Pte P. J. Griffin; 4260 Cpl F. W. Ogg; 5081 Pte R. J. Trowbridge; 413 Cpl E. S. G. Easy; 3043 Pte S. E. Cooper; 368 Pte C. E. V. Harrington; 5388 Pte J. R. Quinnell; 428 Pte F. Short; 415D Pte J. L. Hopson; 428D LCpl F. O. G. Tate; 645 Pte C. F. Millward; 537 Pte J. Burtenshaw; 604D Pte E. Shreeve; 428B Pte D. Walker; 524 Pte S. Woodward; 546 Cpl K. J. Jerome; 466 LCpl R. Handley (partially obscured by Jerome and Hayward); 637A Cpl E. J. Hayward; 461B Cpl E. R. Dixon; 428C Pte B. G. Smith MM.

Second row (sitting on chairs): 6177 Pte Harold Robert Willett; 427 Pte J. Thompson; 6275 Sergeant (Sgt) W. T. Clarke MM; 2779 Cpl H. A. Becker; 373 Sgt W. B. Irwin; 371 Sgt L. E. Hudson; 125 Sgt C. S. Taylor; 128 Quartermaster Sergeant (QMS) R. I. Robb; Lieutenant (Lt) F. Thompson; Lt J. Walker; Lt C. S. Ross; Captain (Capt) D. A. Whitehead MC; Lt Temple Graham; Lt R. B. Coleman; 411B Sgt H. J. Atkins; 3187 Sgt M. McCarthy; 417 Sgt C. E. Eisenhuth; 510 Cpl E. O. G. Milne; 426A Cpl A. E. Sinclair; 420A Cpl F. M. M. Kimber; 647 Pte W. C. Orr; 469 Pte V. L. Ritchie; 3092 Pte V. Mann.

Front row (seated on ground): 3867 Pte H. G. Lording; 501 Pte J. Rowley; 3642 Pte J. E. O'Donnell; 3042 Pte A. J. Crawford; 40 Cpl T. Copland; 562 Pte N. W. North; 415C Pte J. J. Foley; 5930 Sgt W. R. Wilson; 412 Pte C. J. Earl; 290 Pte E. Hobbs; 418B Pte A. G. Harding; 3102 Pte F. J. Levis; 643 Pte William Peter Hoinville; 6061 Pte H. Matthews 4828 Cpl C. C. Piesley.
[Picture: Courtesy of Autralian War Memorial - Copyright expired - public domain.] Public Domain Mark 1.0

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