Lindsay
Osland
Bilson
Born in Yarragon, Victoria (Australia)
Ancestors 
Died
at about age 52
in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Lindsay Bilson is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Lindsay Osland Bilson was born on 4th August 1894 Yarragon, in Victoria's West Gippsland Region (Australia). He was the eldest son of Franklyn Bilson and Fanny Draper. [1] Soon after the family moved to Allansford, and then to Colac, in Victoria's Western District.
On 1st March 1915 Lindsay enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, his young nation's overseas expeditionary force for the (First World) War. He was allocated to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column and returned to Australia 31st March 1919. [2] Following the war he was issued the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Lindsay Bilson is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Australian Army (Militia) 1941-1945
Z Special Unit
Served in the Australian Army (Militia) 1941-1945
Z Special Unit
On 17th November 1941, aged 47 years but just weeks before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and invasion of Malaya, Lindsay enlisted in the Commonwealth Military Force (Militia) for service within Australia and was posted to the Z Special Unit. He was demobilsed on 12th November 1945. [3] he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.
He passed away in 1947 in the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Victoria Birth Index #25575/1894
- ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: 111 Driver Lindsay Osland Bilson; accessed 6 Jan 2022
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: V143796 Corporal Lindsay Osland Bilson; accessed 6 Jan 2022
- ↑ Victoria Death Index #12969/1947
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Categories: 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | 1914-1915 Star | British War Medal | Victory Medal | 1939-1945 Star | Defence Medal | War Medal 1939-1945 | Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 | Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria | Yarragon, Victoria | Allansford, Victoria | Colac, Victoria | Anzacs, World War I