Service: Army – 8 Australian Army Ordnance Depot
Service number: V381924
Locality on Enlistment: Barongarook
Duration of Service: 1 Mar 1941 – 1 Jul 1946
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 30 Jun 1919 Barongarook
Parents: Hugh Lamont WILSON and Mary Agnes YEATMAN
Spouse: None
School/s: Barongarook SS
Occupation: Labourer, Woodcutter
Date and Place of Death: 12 Sep 1976 Barongarook
Place of Burial: Colac cemetery
NOTES: Hugh did not serve overseas, his service records show that he had postings in SA and the Northern Territory. He stood out in the country town of Colac of the 1970s as he chose to live in the most spartan conditions on the outskirts of town. Hugh would frequently walk into Colac for a drink, carrying his hessian sack and a walking stick.