Gerald Wild
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The Honourable Gerald Wild MBE AM |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 15 March 1947 – 25 March 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Owen |
| Succeeded by | None (abolished) |
| Constituency | Swan |
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In office 25 March 1950 – 16 March 1965 |
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| Preceded by | None (new seat) |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Rushton |
| Constituency | Dale |
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2 July 1934 Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Died | 11 October 1996 (aged 62) Booragoon, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
Gerald Percy Wild MBE AM (2 January 1907 – 11 October 1996) was an Australian politician who served as a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1947 to 1965. He was a minister in the governments of Sir Ross McLarty and Sir David Brand, and later served as Agent-General for Western Australia from 1965 to 1971.
Born in Chichester, Sussex, to Alice Hilda (née Heather) and Edwin Percy Wild, a yeast merchant, Wild was educated at Shoreham Grammar School. He emigrated to South Australia in 1923 as one of the Barwell Boys, as part of an assisted migration scheme. He was initially employed as a farm apprentice at Langhorne's Creek and Loxton, and then went to work in the mines at Broken Hill, New South Wales. Wild returned to South Australia in 1930, working at an ice works in Port Adelaide and at a mill in Moonta. In 1936, he went to the Western Australian goldfields, working at mines in Norseman and Kalgoorlie. In November 1939, Wild enlisted in the 2/11th Battalion. He saw service in the Middle East, Greece, and Crete, and was wounded in action in May 1941, gained the MBE (Military Division) in July 1941, and was mentioned in despatches in March 1942. By the end of the war Wild had reached the substantive rank of captain and the temporary rank of major, and was serving as a camp commandant in New Guinea.
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