Son of Major J. Gratton Wilson, A.A.M.C. and Alexandra Frances Wilson of "Ierne", Warnambool, Victoria. Eliot enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 21 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne for Egypt with the 8th Light Horse on 25 February 1915 per HMAT "Star of Victoria" (A16). In mid May, his unit was sent without their horses to Gallipoli to serve as infantry reinforcements. On 7 August 1915, the 8th Light Horse formed the first two waves for the ill-fated charge at The Nek. Of the three hundred men who staged the charge, twelve officers and 142 men were killed with a further four officers and seventy-seven men wounded. He was killed in action, aged 22 years.
'Mentioned in Despatches' - London Gazette No. 29455 dated 28 January 1916.
8th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army
'Mentioned in Despatches' - London Gazette No. 29455 dated 28 January 1916.
8th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army
Son of Major J. Gratton Wilson, A.A.M.C. and Alexandra Frances Wilson of "Ierne", Warnambool, Victoria. Eliot enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 21 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne for Egypt with the 8th Light Horse on 25 February 1915 per HMAT "Star of Victoria" (A16). In mid May, his unit was sent without their horses to Gallipoli to serve as infantry reinforcements. On 7 August 1915, the 8th Light Horse formed the first two waves for the ill-fated charge at The Nek. Of the three hundred men who staged the charge, twelve officers and 142 men were killed with a further four officers and seventy-seven men wounded. He was killed in action, aged 22 years.
'Mentioned in Despatches' - London Gazette No. 29455 dated 28 January 1916.
8th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army
'Mentioned in Despatches' - London Gazette No. 29455 dated 28 January 1916.
8th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army
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