Arthur Gillespie Wilson Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Major General
Arthur Gillespie Wilson
Birth Date:	29 September 1900
Birth Place:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:	Stirling, South Australia
Placeofburial:	Centennial Park Cemetery
Placeofburial Label:	Buried
Branch:	2nd Australian Imperial Force
Branch Label:	Service
Rank:	Major General
Servicenumber:	343 (VX12398)^[1]

Major General Arthur Gillespie Wilson (29 September 1900 – February 1982) was an Australian Army officer.

He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School (where he was a classmate of another future Major-General, Albert Hellstrom)^[2] and RMC Duntroon.

He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order on 6 March 1947 for his services during the Second World War.^[3] He was appointed to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan.

He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1955 New Year Honours.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wilson, Arthur Gillespie . World War Two Nominal Roll . . 9 August 2020.
2. p. 1111 Who's Who in Australia 1977
3. 1072756 . 6 March 1947 . Col Arthur Gillespie WILSON . Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (Imperial) . ARMY - South West Pacific . 9 August 2020.
4. Web site: Arthur Gillespie Wilson . . 9 August 2020.
5. 1065802 . 1 January 1955 . MajGen Arthur Gillespie WILSON . The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Military) (Imperial) . CBE . ARMY - Staff Corps - Postwar Honours List . 9 August 2020.