Neil Wilson CAMERON
Personal
Born: 1894
Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 12460
Birthplace: Hawthorn, Victoria
Parents: Wilson & Charlotte Cameron
Awards and Honours
- Military Medal
- 1914-1915 Star
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
4th Field Artillery Brigade, 11th Battery
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 6539
Enlistment date: 24 June, 1915 Melbourne, Victoria
Age at enlistment: 21 years 4 months
Address at enlistment: Balgartine, Eaglemont , Heidelberg, Victoria
Religion: Presbyterian
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Father: Wilson Cameron, High Park, Kilmore
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 10 1/2 inches
Weight: 11 Stones
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Blue/Grey
Hair: Dark Brown
Distinctive marks: Appendix scar, Moles on shoulders
Embarkation ship: HMAT A18 Wiltshire.
Rank: 24/06/1015 Gunner20/06/1918 Promoted Temp. Bombardier20/09/1918 Promoted Bombardier
Return Date: 17 February, 1919
Return Vessel: Runic.
Arrival at Australia: 27 April, 1919.
Discharge Date: 2 August, 1919
War Service Summary
15/12/1915 - Disembarked at Suez to join British Expeditionary Force
05/01/1916 - Sick: Enteritis, admitted to hospital, Ghezereh
21/01/1916 - Discharged to duty
19/02/1916 - Disembark Marseilles from Alexandria
28/10/1916 - Influenza
22/12/1916 - From the field; Sick again
01/01/1917 - Transferred to Military Hospital in England; problems with feet - Trench foot
24/07/1917 - To Rouelles, France, from England
11/08/1917 - Rejoined 4th F.A.B.
30/10/1917 - To hospital sick- Myalgia
03/11/1917 - Transferred from hospital to England; recurrent Trench Foot
12/04/1918 - Admitted to hospital sick
21/05/1918 - Back to France: 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 5th F.A.B.
20/06/1918 - Promoted to Temp/Bombardier
05/09/1918 - Awarded Military Medal
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the night 31st August/1st September 1918 at HERBECOURT near PERONNE. "This Non Commissioned Officer was in charge of the signal communications of his battery, the sections of which were acting independently. The positions were heavily shelled throughout the night and the maintenance of the lines extremely difficult and dangerous, but by his untiring efforts and great bravery he maintained communications throughout. He set a splendid example to all ranks." Signed: Major-General C. Rosenthal
(P. 14 Serv. Rec.)
20/09/1918 Promoted Bombardier
17/02/1919 - Marched out for return to Australia
17/06/1919 - awarded Military Medal
15/11/1919 - Notice to family of award of Military Medal (See 4th Supplement, No. 31405, London Gazette. Promulgated Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 115, 10 October, 1919)
Other relevant information:
Neil later served in WWII in Palestine and Egypt
Ref Memoirs of Wilson Cameron
http://angus-cameron.squarespace.com/what-we-do/
viewed 23 June 2014
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
15/04/1925 Neil married Kathleen Gordon Brown (07/05/1899 03/11/1987) at Malvern Presbyterian Church.
Children:
John Gordon (b. 20/04/1926)
Neil Gordon (b. 04/12/1928)
Place/s of residence:
Pre 1919 Melton Property owner with brother
1924 Glenspean, Meredith
Malvern
Occupations: Clerk
Date of death:
Place of burial:
Additional Information
Evan Cameron and Neil Wilson Cameron are brothers who are both represented on the Melton Cenotaph.
They had 2 other brothers without connection to Melton who also enlisted in WW1:
Sergeant Major Colin Henry Cameron served at Gallipoli and was killed on 7 August 1915 in the charge by the 8th Light Horse on The Nek.
Alastair Cameron Served in WWI in France. He returned to Victoria and farmed at Hazelwynde", Beveridge. He married Ethel Jolly in January 1921.
Two younger brothers, Norman Alfred (b. 23/05/1897) and Malcolm Charles (b 23/11/1899) did not enlist in WW1.
Ref Memoirs of Wilson Cameron
http://angus-cameron.squarespace.com/what-we-do/
viewed 23 June 2014
Melton Express 13 Dec 1919 p3
The Cameron Brothers are leaving the district after selling their property.
Sources
Service Record
Newspapers
Family historians