Summary
Alternative Name(s): Memorial Scroll
Scroll presented to families of servicemen killed on active service 1914-1918. It commemorates Corporal Gilbert Wilson, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, who was killed in action in the field, France, on 14 November 1916. His brother, Lieutenant Frederick G. Wilson, was killed in action at Gallipoli on 26 April 1915.
The receipt for the scroll is held in the National Archives.
Physical Description
The memorial scroll is headed by a Royal Crest, partially coloured, with GV RI at the top and the slogan 'Dieu et mon Droit' at its base. The wording reads: 'He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives so that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten.' Unframed but fixed to cardboard backing, 188 x 283 mm.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Anthony Kenneth Bonica, 04 Sep 1984
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Person Commemorated
Corporal Gilbert G. Wilson - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1916
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Inscriptions
'He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives so that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten.' The name 'Cpl. Gilbert Wilson/ 2 Pnr. Bn, A.I.F.' is hand-written in red ink at the bottom of the document.
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Overall Dimensions
188 mm (Width), 283 mm (Height)
Unframed but fixed to cardboard backing, 188 x 283 mm.
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Keywords
Memorial Scrolls, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, World War I, 1914-1918