Bernard Vorn WILSON (1911

Bernard Vorn WILSON (1911 - )

Lt Colonel, MBE

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Bernard Vorn WILSON (1911 - ) + Mary Ellen (Wilson)	Vorn WILSON (1881 - 1936)	Henry D WILSON

			Emily C WARDELL

		Mildred BLOMFIELD (1891 - 1973)	Harold Arthur BLOMFIELD (1861 - 1943)	John Roe BLOMFIELD (1824 - 1889)
				Mary Rachel WOOD ( - 1871)
			Ada Elfreda Fortescue KIDSER ( - 1945)	Joseph KIDSER
				Mary LIEGE

b. 09 Jun 1911 at Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

+. Mary Ellen (Wilson)

Parents:

Vorn WILSON (1881 - 1936)

Mildred BLOMFIELD (1891 - 1973)

Siblings (2):

Millicent Vorn WILSON (1914 - 1914)

Wardell Blomfield WILSON (1917 - 1991)

Events in Bernard Vorn WILSON (1911 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
09 Jun 1911		Bernard Vorn WILSON was born	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia		30
1936	25	Death of father Vorn WILSON (aged 55)	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia		30
1973	62	Death of mother Mildred BLOMFIELD (aged 82)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		30

Personal Notes:

Bernard enlisted in the Army 27 December 1939 at Paddington, Sydney NSW.

He served initially as a Lieutenant, promoted to Captain in March 1941, then to Major in November 1941 and Liutenant Colonel in March 1945. He was enlisted in Australian Army 34 Infantry Battalion.

He was awarded an MBE "For his devotion to duty, particularly during the period of 23 October 1942 to 23 January 1943. He was responsible for the details of the preparation and for the staff work and the issue of orders for the various operations of the Brigage near Alamein in Oct - Nov 1942. To this task he gave great care and brought much thoughtful experience from former campaigns in which he participated in the Libyan Desert and in Greece.

His work as Brigade Major while the Brigate was in contact with the enemy was always most thorough and complete, requiring unremitting attention for long periods, often under difficult, and at time under dangerous, conditions. The successful outcome of the engagement in which the Brigade fought was, in a large measure, due to his care, forethought and hard work.

During the battles in October and November be showed outstanding devotion to duty and a quick grasp of the requirements of rapidly changing situations. He carried out his duties at the Brigade Command Post with calmness and a very quick appreciation of what was required of him. To get a first-hand knowledge of the situation and progress of the operations he visited the battalions on may occasions while they werein action.

Signed by Brigade Commander 20th Australian Infantry Brigade."

Source References:

30. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Monaro Pioneers, Title: Monaro pioneers, Locn: http://www.monaropioneers.com/

- Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/blomfieldtv.htm (Birth)

- Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/blomfieldtv.htm (Name, Notes)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.

My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).

I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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