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Listed at the back of the Book of Remembrance under Home and Munitions Service. Challis Chair of Anatomy. On the outbreak of war, Wilson was immediately called up with the rank of lieutenant-colonel to organize and command the censor's office, 2nd Military District (New South Wales). Ill health forced his retirement in December 1915; he was mentioned in military orders for 'meritorious services'. On 1 December 1917 he was recruited as an honorary adviser to the intelligence section, General Staff; he retired from the army in August 1920. From ADB entry