Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da Brigadier Janar John Royston ya koma Afirka ta Kudu a ranar da ake yakin Gaza na uku
(30 Oktoba 1917), an ba Wilson umurnin Brigade na 3 na Light Horse a matsayin colonel da kuma brigadier janar na wucin gadi. Short da stocky, shiru da kuma jin kunya, Wilson shi ne antithesis na magabata. A cikin Yaƙin na biyu na Jordan (30 ga Afrilu <unk> 4 ga Mayu 1918) ya kama Es Salt tare da saurin ban mamaki kuma, lokacin da Turkawa suka kai hari, ya yi nasarar janye brigade daga mawuyacin hali. Kilomita arba'in (64 km) a bayan layin Turkawa bayan nasarar da aka samu a Megiddo (20 Satumba), brigade na Wilson ya ci gaba zuwa kudu a kan Jenin, ya kama sau uku ko hudu na nasu.