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WILSON, George Henry
(Service number 6/2013)

Aliases Henry. Enlisted as Henry WILSON.
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 25 March 1883 Place of Birth Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date 15 January 1915 Age 30 years 9 months
Address at Enlistment Care of J. Holland, Grey Street, Timaru
Occupation Builder
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married. Three children.
Next of Kin Mrs Alice WILSON (wife), C/o Mr Holland, Grey Street, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 32½-35 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight and hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects.

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 4th Reinforcements
Date 17 April 1915
Transport Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From Wellington Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Medical Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns Balkan - Gallipoli; Egyptian; Western European
Service Medals 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date 25 January 1919 Reason Termination of Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Carpenter

Death

Date 5 August 1954 Age 71 years
Place of Death Waimate
Cause
Notices Timaru Herald, 6 August 1954
Memorial or Cemetery Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference Block 12, Plot 001411
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Henry Wilson, known as Henry, was the son of Robert Livesley Wilson and Elizabeth (née Fow). George Henry married Alice Holland on 11 April 1905 at Timaru. Their children, born before Henry left for war service were: Lottie Amelia Wilson born on 29 March 1908 at Timaru; Myra Holland Wilson born on 23 October 1912 at Timaru; and George Henry Wilson born on 4 November 1913 at Timaru.

The name George Wilson is recorded on the Waimate Knox Church Sunday School roll of honour, which was unveiled on 26 March 1916. Late in 1915 the “time had come to set down in order the names of ex-pupils of the Waimate Presbyterian Sunday School who had become soldiers of the Empire in the great fight for home and justice.”

George died on 5 August 1954 at Waimate and was honoured by the Waimate Returned Services' Association members after a joint service at the Knox Presbyterian Church, Waimate, for George and his wife Alice who had died the day before.

Two of George's brothers, Lieutenant Colonel Newman Robert Wilson (DSM MC VD) and Lance Corporal Edward (Ted) Douglas Wilson, also served in World War One. Edward died at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 November 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5557 0123768) [19 January 2016]; NZ BDM historical records Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 June 2014]; Evening Star, 28 August 1915, Colonist, 7 September 1915, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 20 September 1915, 19 November 1915, 27 March 1916, Timaru Herald, 4 December 1915 (Papers Past) [07 April 2014; 21 November 2015; 19 June 2016; 31 August 2016; 03 February 2020]; Timaru Herald, 5 & 6 August 1954 (Timaru District Library) [31 December 2015]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [20 January 2016]; SCRoll web submission by C Wilson, 15 May 2021

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