Regimental number: 3133

Date of birth: 7 August 1897

Place of birth: Landsdowne, New South Wales, Australia

ReligionRoman: Catholic

Occupation: Labourer

Marital status: Single

Age at embarkation: 20

Next of kin: Mother, Mrs M Wilkes, Manning River, New South Wales

Enlistment date: 18 June 1915

Rank on enlistment: Private

Unit name: 9th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement AWM

Embarkation Roll number: 23/26/3

Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll: PrivateUnit from Nominal Roll 9th Battalion Fate Returned to Australia 20 December 1918

Discharge date: 19 May 1919

Family/military connectionsBrother: 3888 James Harold Percival WILKES,

War service: put age up by 2 years to enlist.

Joined 9th Bn, Tel el Kebir, Egypt, 7 January 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 3 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 20 September 1917 (shell wound, scalp); admitted to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 21 September 1917; rejoined Bn, 23 November 1917.

Wounded in action, 23 September 1918 (gun shot wound, left thigh); transferred to England, 27 September 1918; admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, Wiltshire, 24 October 1918. Discharged from hospital, 11 November 1918, and granted furlough to 25 November 1918, to report to No. 4 Command Depot.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Orontes', 20 December 1918; disembarked Sydney, 1 February 1919; discharged, 19 May 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death11 October 1982

Age at death: 85

Location of Death: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Place of burial: Gloucester Cemetery, New South Wales

William Edward Moran Wilkes