Summary

Alternative Name(s): Memorial Scroll

Commemorative scrolls issued on behalf of King George V, were to commemorate the service and death of soldiers during World War I. This scroll is to commemorate Lieutenant Frederick G. Wilson.

Wilson enlisted on 18 November 1914, and served in the 13th Battalion AIF. He was killed in action on 26 April 1915 at Gallipoli. His brother, Corporal Gilbert Wilson, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, was killed in action in France on 14 November 1916.

Physical Description

The memorial scroll, on cream-coloured paper, 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.' The name 'Lt. Frederick G. Wilson, 13 Bn. A.I.F.' is hand-written in ink at the base of the document.

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Arms, Public Life & Institutions

  • Acquisition Information

    Donation from Mr Anthony Kenneth Bonica, 04 Sep 1984

  • Person Commemorated

    Lieutenant Frederick G. Wilson - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1915

  • 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.' Lt. Frederick G. Wilson, 13 Bn. A.I.F.

  • Classification

    Military history, Service, Memorial scrolls

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Technology

  • Type of item

    Document

  • Overall Dimensions

    269 mm (Width), 370 mm (Height)
    The scroll, framed with black mount measures 269 x 370 mm.

  • References

    Australian War Memorial website; [Link 1] 1915 'Lieut. Frederick Gladstone Wilson', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 7 May, p. 4. (FINAL EXTRA), viewed 12 Apr 2021, [Link 2] 1915 'WHO THEY WERE.', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 5 May, p. 5. (FINAL RACING), viewed 12 Apr 2021, [Link 3] 1915 'LIEUTENANT WILSON.', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), 6 May, p. 7. , viewed 12 Apr 2021, [Link 4] '13th Australian Infantry Battalion ', Australian War Memorial, [Link 5] accessed 12/4/2021. 1906 'Family Notices', Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 23 April, p. 2. (MORNINGS.), viewed 14 Apr 2021, [Link 6]

  • Keywords

    Memorial Scrolls, Militaria: Australian, World War I, 1914-1918